Skaldic poetry as a source for the conversion Flashcards
1
Q
Names of poets (there are 4)
A
Arnórr Þóðarson
Eilífr Goddrúnarson
Hallfreðr Vandræðaskáld
Eyvindr Skaldspillir
2
Q
Scholars to cite on skaldic poetry
A
- Fidjestøl
- Attwood
- Ström
3
Q
Who wrote Hákonarmál?
A
Eyvindr Skaldspillir
4
Q
What does Fidjestøl argue about Hákonarmál?
A
- That Hákonarmál is a “chief monument of late heathendom in Norway” and that we should read it as an attempt to enlist the popular dead king on the side of the Earls of Lade.
5
Q
What did Hallfreðr Vandræðaskáld write?
A
‘Conversion verses’
– these are a creative glimpse into religious divide, although our understanding of them is limited by our ignorance of their time and milieu
6
Q
What did Ström argue/ talk about?
A
Mentions how the poem Skáldatal notes that Earl Hakon had 9 poets– argues this was literary support for his heathen policies.
