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... saga. While legal responsibilities fixed by laws and courts vary , a trend was apparent in the early 1960s toward in ... Saga ( R.A.MCF . ) In medieval Iceland the literary term saga denoted any kind of story or history in prose ...
... saga. While legal responsibilities fixed by laws and courts vary , a trend was apparent in the early 1960s toward in ... Saga ( R.A.MCF . ) In medieval Iceland the literary term saga denoted any kind of story or history in prose ...
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... saga on King Haakon Haakonsson ( c . 1204-63 ) and Magnús saga on his son and successor , Magnus VI Lawmender ( Lag- abøter ; reigned 1263-80 ) ; of the latter only fragments sur- vive . In writing these sagas Sturla used written ...
... saga on King Haakon Haakonsson ( c . 1204-63 ) and Magnús saga on his son and successor , Magnus VI Lawmender ( Lag- abøter ; reigned 1263-80 ) ; of the latter only fragments sur- vive . In writing these sagas Sturla used written ...
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... saga , Hallfredar saga , and Bjarnar saga Hítdae- lakappa . In Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu , which may have been written after the middle of the 13th century , the love theme is treated more romantically than in the others . Fostbraeda saga ...
... saga , Hallfredar saga , and Bjarnar saga Hítdae- lakappa . In Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu , which may have been written after the middle of the 13th century , the love theme is treated more romantically than in the others . Fostbraeda saga ...
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