A Kingdom for my Bed: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in Harald Fairhair’s Conquest of Norway

<p>Snorri Sturluson’s account of Harald I Fairhair’s conquest and unification of Norway starts with a failed marriage proposal and a haughty girl refusing to marry Harald until he has subjugated all of Norway and rules as the land’s sole king. This episode is commonly held as a mythological ex...

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Main Author: Karl Christian Alvestad
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Winchester University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Royal Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://rsj.winchester.ac.uk/articles/208