Download or read book St. Magnús of Orkney written by Haki Antonsson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the emergence of the cult of St Magnus, earl of Orkney (d. 1117), and the literary corpus composed in his honour. Both aspects are examined from a wider Scandinavian and European perspective.