First full investigation of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic literature.

Introduction - Gareth Lloyd Evans and Jessica Clare HancockBoyhood, saga-style: from mannsefni to maðr - Oren FalkThe Licit Love Visit: Masculine Sexual Maturation and the 'Temporary Troll Lover' - Matthew RobyFemale Masculinity and the Sagas of Icelanders - Gareth Lloyd Evans'With mirthful merriment': Masquerade and Masculinity in Mágus saga jarls - Jóhanna Katrín FriðriksdóttirVulnerable Masculinities and the Vicissitudes of Power in Göngu-Hrólfs saga - Philip LavenderMasculinity, Christianity, and (Non)Violence - Asdis EgilsdottirInclusive Masculinity in Morkinskinna and the Defusal of Kingly Aggression - Thomas MorcomEmotions of a Vulnerable Viking: Negotiations of Masculinity in Egils saga - Brynja ÞorgeirsdóttirÞat þótti illr fundr: Phallic Aggression in Bjarnar saga Hítdolakappa - Alison FinlayMale Bedpartners and the 'Intimacies of a Wife': rekkjufélagar and vífs rúnar - David AshurstCompanions, Conflicts, and Concubines: Clerical Masculinities in Lárentíus saga biskups - Carl Phelpstead'That which a hand gives a hand or a foot gives a foot': Male Kinship Obligations in the Heroic Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga - Jessica Clare HancockAfterword: The Ethics and Urgency of Studying Old Norse Masculinities - Gareth Lloyd Evans and Jessica Clare Hancock