These are the stories that made Europe.Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber takes us on a fascinating adventure through the continent's most enduring epic poems to learn how they were shaped by their times, and how they have since shaped us. The great European epics were all inspired by moments of seismic change:
The Odyssey tells of the aftermath of the Trojan War, the primal conflict from which much of European civilization was spawned.
The Song of the Nibelungen tracks the collapse of a Germanic kingdom on the edge of the Roman Empire. Both the French
Song of Roland and the Serbian
Kosovo Cycle emerged from devastating conflicts between Christian and Muslim powers.
Beowulf, the only surviving Old English epic, and the great Icelandic
Saga of Burn Njal, respond to times of great religious struggle - the shift from paganism to Christianity. These stories have stirred passions ever since they were composed, motivating armies and revolutionaries, and they continue to do so today.Reaching back into the ancient and medieval eras in which these defining works were produced, and investigating their continuing influence today,
Epic Continent explores how matters of honor, fundamentalism, fate, nationhood, sex, class and politics have preoccupied the people of Europe across the millennia. In these tales soaked in blood and fire, Nicholas Jubber discovers how the world of gods and emperors, dragons and water-maidens, knights and princesses made our own: their deep impact on European identity, and their resonance in our turbulent times.
This book title, Epic Continent (Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe), ISBN: 9781529374346, by Nicholas Jubber, published by Quercus (August 27, 2019) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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