Abstract
Abstract
This article compares the commercial knowledge of a Norwegian skipper in the Icelandic Laxdæla
saga with the medieval Irish law of the shore, now accessible in recently edited Irish legal tracts. His knowledge of
Ireland is matched by the ship’s master, Óláfr paí Hǫskuldsson, son of an enslaved mother but grandson of an
Irish king. The essay reviews the possibility of cultural transfers from the medieval Norse-Celtic world of Ireland and the
Scottish Isles to settlement-era Iceland in the spheres of story-telling, law, and governance.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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