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Article: Blood vengeance and the depiction of women in La leyenda de los siete infantes de Lara, The Nibelungenlied and Njal's Saga.
- Article from:
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Abstract
Following a review of the primary sources La leyenda de los siete infantes de Lara, The Nibelungenlied and Njal's Saga the role of women and their role in exacting blood vengeance within a medieval context will be compared. The analysis is based upon the primary sources as well as some Spanish legal precedents and this is the basis for the comparative study and the roots in Germanic law of some aspects of medieval Spanish law.
Keywords: La leyenda de los siete infantes de Lara, The Nibelungenlied, Njal's Saga
Introduction
Despite countless manifestations in literature of many traditions and cultures, the archetype of ...