A compelling argument that far from developing in a literary vacuum, saga literature interacts in lively, creative and critical ways with one of the central genres of the European middle ages.

Preface
Saints' Lives and Sagas of Icelanders
The Failed Saint: Oddr's Óláfr Tryggvason
The Confessor, the Martyr and the Convert
The Noble Heathen and the Missionary Saint
The Outlaw, the Exile and the Desert Saint
The Saint as Friend and Patron
Conclusion

SIÂN ELIZABETH GRØNLIE is Associate Professor and Kate Elmore Fellow in Medieval Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford.