# Voyages and Travel in Medieval Europe as Depicted in Saga Literature

The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping of Icelandic Culture," featured five sessions presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Old Icelandic studies. Today's session, "Voyages and Travel in Medieval Europe as Depicted in Saga Literature," featyred Margaret Clunies Ross, Australia: "Home and Away: The Semantics of Travel in Icelandic Saga Literature"; Geraldine Barnes, Australia: "Travel and the Mapping of Cultural Identity in Saga Narrative"; and Lars Lonnroth, Sweden: "Where Microspace Meets Macrospace: The Travels of Norna-Gest and Abbot Nikolas."

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2000
- By: Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division
- Genres: Education, History, Travel
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688069/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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