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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Inherently fascinating and informative,
The Saga of St. Jon of Holar will be of special appeal to readers with an interest in the lives of Christian Saints. An impressive work of meticulous scholarship, organization and presentation." * Midwest Book Review *
Table of ContentsPrologue
Part I
Introduction
The Church in Medieval Iceland
Jón’s Translation and cultus
Versions of Jóns saga
The Idealization of a Saint; Literary, Hagiographic, and Folkloric Commonplaces in Jóns saga
Ancestry and Childhood
Appearance
Travel Abroad
Outstanding Qualities
Episcopacy
Miscellaneous Motifs
Vows and Miracle
Dating and Chronology
Historicity
Women
Notes on Medieval Icelandic Society
Notes on the translation
The Saga of St. Jón of Hólar
Appendix I: Gísls þáttr according to L
Appendix II: Sæmundar þáttr according to L
Appendix III: Jón’s school at Hólar from L
Appendix IV: Food multiplication miracle from L
Appendix V: Deposition concerning Þingeyrar
Part II
Peter Foote’s Introduction to the Reykjavík Edition
§ 1 The Recensions of Jóns saga
1.1 The S Recension
1.1.1 Manuscript Sources
1.1.2 Style and Character
1.1.3 The Date of the S Recension
1.2 The L Recension
1.2.1 Manuscripts of the L Recension
1.2.2 Style and Character
1.2.3 The Date of the L Recension
1.3 The H Recension
1.3.1 Manuscripts of the H Recension
1.3.2 Style and Character
1.3.3 Dating
§ 2 The Primary Text
2.1 The Author’s Voice
2.2 References to Report
2.3 The Primary Text and Other Sources
2.3.1 Íslendingabók
2.3.2 Ísleifs þáttr
2.3.3 Egils þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar (Egils þáttr ok Tófa)
2.3.4 Þorláks saga
2.4 Þorláks saga and the S version of Jóns saga
2.5 Þorláks saga and the H recension of Js
§ 3 Gísls þáttr Illugasonar
§ 4 Sæmundar þáttr
§ 5 Miracles in Jóns saga and other sources
5.1 The order and dating of the acta post translationem
5.2 Miracles in other sources
5.3 Characteristics of the miracle reports
§ 6 Gunnlaugr Leifsson’s Vita sancti Johannis
§ 7 Chronology and History
7.1 Dating
7.2 Jón’s two marriages
7.3 Jón’s school
7.4 Extrinsic Sources
§ 8 Cult and memorials to St. Jón
§ 9 Editions and Translations
§ 10 Manuscripts
Bibliography
Index
