Contents

pp v-vi

Contributors

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-18

I - Becoming Masculine

pp 19-20

Boyhood, Saga-Style: From Mannsefni to Maðr

pp 21-36

The Licit Love Visit: Masculine Sexual Maturation and the ‘Temporary Troll Lover’ Trope

pp 37-58

Female Masculinity and the Sagas of Icelanders

pp 59-76

‘With mirthful merriment’: Masquerade and Masculinity in Mágus saga jarls

pp 77-94

II - Masculinity, Power, and Vulnerability

pp 95-96

Vulnerable Masculinities and the Vicissitudes of Power in Göngu-Hrólfs saga

pp 97-112

Masculinity, Christianity, and (Non)Violence

pp 113-126

Inclusive Masculinity in Morkinskinna and the Defusal of Kingly Aggression

pp 127-146

Emotions of a Vulnerable Viking: Negotiations of Masculinity in Egils saga

pp 147-164

III - Men’s Relationships

pp 165-166

‘Þat þótti illr fundr’: Phallic Aggression in Bjarnar saga Hítdoelakappa

pp 167-182

Male Bedpartners and the ‘Intimacies of a Wife’: rekkjufélagar and vífs rúnar

pp 183-202

Companions, Conflicts, and Concubines: Clerical Masculinities in Lárentíus saga biskups

pp 203-216

‘That which a hand gives a hand or a foot gives a foot’: Male Kinship Obligations in the Heroic Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga

pp 217-236

Afterword: The Ethics and Urgency of Studying Old Norse Masculinities

pp 237-240

Bibliography

pp 241-262

Index

pp 263-267