Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Allport, Benjamin"
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A Family Reunion: "Hversu Noregr byggðist" and the First Chapter of the "Flateyjarbók Ættartölur" as a Textual Unity
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Opprinnelseslegenden Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum ‘Om Fornjot og slektningene hans’ er bevart i to versjoner i Flateyjarbók, et kjent islandsk samlehåndskrift fra trettenhundretallet. Legenden følger opprinnelsen til ... -
Home thoughts of abroad: Ohthere’s Voyage in its Anglo-Saxon context
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Old English text known as Ohthere’s Voyage is regarded as a key source for Norwegian history. Consequently, the context of its composition and inclusion in the Old English Orosius has often been overlooked. This article ... -
Unearthing St Edmund: A Source for Edmund's Martyrdom in Íslendingabók
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In Ari fróði Þorgilsson’s Íslendingabók, the settlement of Iceland is said to have first begun from Norway in 870, the year that “Ívarr, son of Ragnarr loðbrók, had St Edmund, king of the English, killed.” He attributes ...