Non-Native Sources For The Scandanavian Kings' Sagas

Traditional scholarship on the kings' sagas has tended to focus on the textual histories and interrelationships between the various twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scandinavian manuscripts. Thus previous scholars have striven to ascertain chronology, dating, and potential literary borrowings between the various native medieval manuscripts without considering the possibility of foreign textual influences on native literary traditions.Non-Native Sources for the Scandinavian Kings' Sagasprompts scholars to look beyond the borders of medieval Scandinavia in the attempt to account for seemingly inexplicable literary motifs and historical accounts.White, Paul A. is the author of 'Non-Native Sources For The Scandanavian Kings' Sagas ', published 2004 under ISBN 9780415972727 and ISBN 0415972728.