… He was from a distinguished family and was educated as a clergyman. The only surviving work is the small booklet Libellus Islandorum (written before 1133), which provides a clear, unobtrusive summary of the history of Iceland from about 870 to 1120 (the colonization of Iceland, the establishment of social institutions, the colonization of Greenland, and the arrival of Christianity). It is clear that there were many more editions of the book, but these have not survived. … From [Saga]…(1) Religious and scholarly sagas, (2) King's sagas, (3) Icelandic sagas, (4) Legendary sagas. The religious and scholarly sagas are the most accurate records of the colonization of Iceland, and include the Book of Colonization, which vividly conveys the faith and culture of the colonists, who adopted the traditional lifestyle of Scandinavia before the conversion to Christianity, the Book of Icelanders, a brief history of Iceland from 870 to 1120 by Ari Thorgilsson (1068-1148), the Christian saga, which deals with the conversion to Christianity, and the Sturlunga saga, a history of the bloody struggles of the Sturlung clan and other noble families at the end of Iceland's noble society. The royal sagas are set outside Iceland and mainly deal with the deeds of Norwegian and Danish kings. … *Some of the terminology referenced in "The Book of the Icelanders" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…名家の出で,聖職者としての教育を受けた。現存する作品は小冊の《アイスランド人の書Íslendingabók》(1133年以前に成立,ラテン語名Libellus Islandorum)で,信頼に足る情報によって実証的におおよそ870‐1120年の歴史(アイスランド植民,社会機構の確立,グリーンランド植民,キリスト教の到来)を,決して無味乾燥でない文章で簡潔に要約する。同書にはいっそう大きな異版のあったことが明らかだが,伝存しない。… 【サガ】より…(1)宗教的学問的サガ,(2)王のサガ,(3)アイスランド人のサガ,(4)伝説的サガ。 〈宗教的学問的サガ〉はアイスランド植民の最も正確な記録で,キリスト教改宗以前の北欧の伝統的な生活形態をそっくり移した植民者の信仰,文化を生き生きと伝えてくれる《植民の書》,アリ・ソルギルスソン(1068‐1148)の870年から1120年までのアイスランド略史《アイスランド人の書》,キリスト教改宗を扱った《キリスト教徒のサガ》,ストゥルルング一族をはじめとするアイスランド豪族社会末期の諸豪族の血で血を洗う抗争を描いた歴史《ストゥルルンガ・サガ》を含んでいる。 〈王のサガ〉の舞台はアイスランドの国外で,主としてノルウェーやデンマークの王侯の事跡を扱っている。… ※「《アイスランド人の書》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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