Queen Ástriðr and Sigvatr Þórðarson: a political alliance. Three skaldic stanzas in Snorri’s Heimskringla This paper analyzes Sigvatr Þórðarson’s stanzas in praise of queen Ástriðr - the daughter of Óláfr Skottkonung of Sweden and the wife of Óláfr the Saint of Norway - reported in Magnús saga ins góða (Heimskringla), where she plays an important role as an inciter in a new and unusual space for a woman. By actively partecipating at the þing of Hangtar (Sweden) and speaking in favour of her stepson Magnús, she crossed her gender borders. I will compare the poem by Sigvatr with the prose passage by Snorri in which it is embedded, pointing out the different political strategies lying behind them.

Queen Ástrí∂r and Sigvatr Thór∂arson: A Political Alliance. Three Skaldic Stanzas in praise of Queen Ástrí∂r in Snorri's Heimskringla

LOMBARDI, MARIA CRISTINA
2015-01-01

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Queen Ástriðr and Sigvatr Þórðarson: a political alliance. Three skaldic stanzas in Snorri’s Heimskringla This paper analyzes Sigvatr Þórðarson’s stanzas in praise of queen Ástriðr - the daughter of Óláfr Skottkonung of Sweden and the wife of Óláfr the Saint of Norway - reported in Magnús saga ins góða (Heimskringla), where she plays an important role as an inciter in a new and unusual space for a woman. By actively partecipating at the þing of Hangtar (Sweden) and speaking in favour of her stepson Magnús, she crossed her gender borders. I will compare the poem by Sigvatr with the prose passage by Snorri in which it is embedded, pointing out the different political strategies lying behind them.
2015
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