Recently, however, it has been emphasized that the sagas are useful sources for the culture of 13th and 14th century Iceland, "in terms of the light that they can shed on the culture in which they were composed" i.e. Iceland in the later Middle Ages.
For nylig er det dog blevet påpeget, at sagaerne er nyttige kilder til den islandske kultur i 1200- og 1300-tallet "i form af det lys de kan kaste på den kultur, hvori de blev skrevet" dvs. Island i middelalderen.