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Roberto Pagani

Roberto L. Pagani, born in Lombardy, Italy is an MA in Medieval Icelandic Studies and a PhD candidate at Háskóli Íslands in Manuscript Studies. He teaches Italian language and literature at the same university. He also works as a translator and is the author of an introductory Norwegian grammar in Italian. He is currently working at the Árni Magnússon institute on a project involving an edition of a chivalric saga.

Bursting icy bubbles: Medieval Iceland and contemporary myths

24 Jun 2016 The number of people that every year is coming to Iceland is only increasing. Many of these people are carrying, along with their luggage, a number of popular ideas concerning this country’s culture which, to a close inspection, turn out to be inaccurate or simply false.