Early Kings of Norway (Large Print Edition) - Couverture souple

Carlyle, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1604508930 ISBN 13 : 9781604508932

Editeur : Serenity Publishers, LLC, 2011

Synopsis

Special Large Print edition, with easy to read text, of Thomas Carlyle's classic work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship, says Dahlmann. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies, crimes and heroisms, is almost all due. The Icelanders, it seems, not only made beautiful letters on their paper or parchment, but were laudably observant and desirous of accuracy; and have left us such a collection of narratives (Sagas, literally "Says") as, for quantity and quality, is unexampled among rude nations. Snorro Sturleson's History of the Norse Kings is built out of these old Sagas; and has in it a great deal of poetic fire, not a little faithful sagacity applied in sifting and adjusting these old Sagas; and, in a word, deserves, were it once well edited, furnished with accurate maps, chronological summaries, &c., to be reckoned among the great history-books of the world. It is from these sources, greatly aided by accurate, learned and unwearied Dahlmann, 1 the German Professor, that the following rough notes of the early Norway Kings are hastily thrown together. In Histories of England (Rapin's excepted) next to nothing has been shown of the many and strong threads of connection between English affairs and Norse. [excerpt]

Biographie de l'auteur

Anil Kumar Vaddiraju is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. He studied at University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Kakatiya University, all in India. His books include Sisyphean Efforts? State Policy and Child Labour in Karnataka, and Peasantry Capitalism and State: The Political Economy of Agrarian Societies. Satyanarayana Sangita is former Professor and Head of the Centre for Political Institutions, Governance and Development, Bangalore, India, and is currently working at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, having obtained his MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. With his 36 years of research and teaching experience, his research interests include issues related to law, governance, ethics and development politics. Kala Seetharam Sridhar is Professor at the Centre for Research in Urban Affairs of the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. She has written several books and journal articles on urban issues and has worked as an expert committee for the Government of Karnataka on urban development.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Serenity Publishers, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1604508930
• ISBN 13: 9781604508932
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible