Kings' Sagas and Norwegian History

Shami Ghosh, a postdoctoral research fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford, received his Ph.D. (Toronto, 2009) with a dissertation on early medieval historiography; with prior publications on medieval German and Scandinavian literature, he is currently studying medieval social and economic history.

Scholars and students of medieval Scandinavia, as well as of those interested in medieval historiography, the relationship of oral and written traditions, and the functions of the past.

"...Den er full av forfriskende klarhet og analytisk tenkning og er derfor et verdifullt bidrag til studiet av kongesagaene. Selv om avhandlingen er kort, er den en av de mest uttømmende og kritiske vurderingene av kongesagaene som historiske kilder som har blitt skrevet de siste årene...Ghoshs kritiske og vurderende evne øker avhandlingens verdi. Han har lest svært mye, og framstillingen er lett å forstå...Ghosh har derfor gjort studiet av norrøn historiografi en stor tjeneste."
Ármann Jakobsson, Norsk historisk tidsskrift, 2012-3
"...This is a Herculean work and Shami Ghosh's book speaks not only of his stamina, but also of his knowledge and generosity. His engagement with the scholarship is never half-hearted and his criticism always constructive... Kings' Sagas and Norwegian History is a remarkable book for the extensive discussion of contemporary (post-1985) scholarship and the insights it builds from them...highest level of generous and sensitive scholarship..."
Patricia Pires Boulhosa, The Medieval Review, 12.06.11