[gothic-l] The Sagas as History

[bertil]

Andreas,

Which does not exclude that they are given a more important role in research as is the case presently.

Gothically

Bertil

> Sagas are literary sources and not historiographical ones. They 
> must be treated accordingly and be subjected to text criticism and 
> a concise analysis of their contents, their tradition and their literary 
> structure and connections. They must not be used as a prima-facie 
> historiographical evidence, because they may combine elements 
> and persons from different centuries  and historic and fictitious 
> material (e.g. dragons and monsters). They tell us something about 
> literary traditions but not about history.
> Kind regards
>             Andreas Schwarcz 
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