European ancient literature

The Book of the Occupation of the Land (Il. Landnámabók) is one of the most important sources on the colonization of Iceland. The author focuses on genealogi...

The book presents, for the first time translated into Russian, two major poetic works of the great Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), created by him in his yout...

In one of the northern fjords of Iceland, far from the coast, rises a rocky island with steep banks. It is called Draungay, which means "Rock Island". A lot ...

The picaresque novel by Lesage (1668–1747) “The History of Gil Blas of Santillana,” which enjoyed great success among readers, was extremely popular not only...

"The Acts of the Danes" (Gesta Danorum) by Saxo Grammar (c. 1140-1206/1220) is the main source on the history of medieval Denmark and in many other Scandinav...

The first of the so-called “sagas of the people from Hravnista” is about the Norwegian leader Ketil Losos, son of Hallbjorn.

The Book of the Icelanders (Old Norse: Íslendingabók) is the oldest known historical work of Iceland. It was written around 1125 by the Icelandic scholar Ari...

Ancient Icelandic saga about ancient times, composed in the 13th century.© Translation from Old Icelandic, notes: Timofey Ermolaev (Striedmann) Translation e...

Ancient Icelandic saga about ancient times.

Ancient Icelandic saga about ancient times.

The second of the so-called “sagas of the people of Hravnista”, written in the 14th century, the events of which take place in Norway in the 8th century.

One of the most famous Icelandic sagas about ancient times, written in the second half of the 13th century. The third of the so-called “sagas about people fr...