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The Ethics of Empire in the Saga of Alexander the Great: a study based on MS AM 519a 4to. (2009)
Book
Ashurst, D. (2009). The Ethics of Empire in the Saga of Alexander the Great: a study based on MS AM 519a 4to. Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands

The book argues that the ethical judgements of Alexanders saga on Alexander the Great’s imperial venture are much more positive than has sometimes been suggested, but at the same time are radically ambiguous in ways that have not previously been ackn... Read More about The Ethics of Empire in the Saga of Alexander the Great: a study based on MS AM 519a 4to..

Eddic Myth, Victorian Values: The Popularisation of Old Norse Mythology in Britain, 1837 to 1876. (2009)
Book Chapter
Ashurst, D. (2009). Eddic Myth, Victorian Values: The Popularisation of Old Norse Mythology in Britain, 1837 to 1876. In K. Schultz, & F. Heesch (Eds.), Sang an Ægir: Nordische Mythen um 1900 (45-71). Winter

The essay examines the key works that helped to popularise eddic myths in Britain during the period from Queen Victoria’s accession in 1837 to her adoption of the title Empress of India in 1876, and it relates them to the main strands of Victorian th... Read More about Eddic Myth, Victorian Values: The Popularisation of Old Norse Mythology in Britain, 1837 to 1876..