The Life of Snorri Sturluson Snorri Sturluson's family Snorri the Leader Snorri Sturluson's Education The Literary Works of Snorri Sturluson

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Saga of Harald Hardrade: Part I Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b Harald, son of Sigurd Syr, was born in the year A.D. 1015, and left Norway A.D. 1030. He was called Hardrade, that is, the severe counsellor, the tyrant, though the Icelanders never applied this epithet to him. Harald helped the Icelanders in the famine of A.D.

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway The Ynglinga Saga, or The Story of the Yngling Family from Odin to Halfdan the Black Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b 1. OF THE SITUATION OF COUNTRIES. It is said that the earth's circle which the human race inhabits is torn across into many bights, so that great seas run into the land from the out-ocean. Thus it is known ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b This saga might be called Gunhild's Saga, as she is the chief person in it. The reign of King Harald and Earl Hakon is more fully described in the next saga, that is, Olaf Trygvason's. Other literature on this epoch: Agrip (chap. 8), ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Saga of Magnus the Good Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b Magnus reigned from A.D. 1035 to 1047, when he died. During the last year of his reign his half-brother Harald Sigurdson was his co-regent. The history of Magnus is treated in Agrip. , ch. 28-32; in Fagrskinna , ch. 119-146; in Fornmannasogur , part vi., and in ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Magnus Barefoot's Saga Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b The greater part of the contents of this saga is also found in Agrip , Fagrskinna , and Morkinskinna . Magnus and his cousin Hakon became kings in 1093, but Hakon ruled only two years and died in 1095. King Magnus fell in the year 1103. Skalds quoted are: Bjorn ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Magnus Erlingson's Saga Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b With this saga, which describes a series of conflicts, Snorre's Heimskringla ends. King Eystein died in 1177, but Magnus Erlingson continued to reign until his death in 1184. The conflicts continued until the opposition party was led to victory by King Sverre. The only ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Saga of Hakon Herdebreid ( Hakon the Broad-Shouldered ) Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b This saga describes the feud between Hakon Sigurdson and his uncle Inge. The only skald quoted is Einar Skulason. ENDNOTES: (1) The period is from A.D. 1157 to 1161. -- L. 1. BEGINNING OF HAKON HERDEBREID. Hakon, King Sigurd's son, was ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Saga of Olaf Kyrre Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b Snorri's account of Olaf Kyrre corresponds with the statements found in Agrip , Fagrskinna , and Morkinskinna . There are but few events in Olaf's long reign, and hence he is very appropriately called the Quiet (Kyrre). As Hildebrand says, this saga seems to be written ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b An age of conflict now begins in Norway. On his death, in 1130, Sigurd left his son Magnus and his brother Harald. They soon divided the government, and then entered upon a five-years' conflict, until Magnus, in 1135, with eyes picked out, went into ...

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #15b Sigurd died A.D. 1155, Eystein 1157, and Inge 1161. Other literature is Morkinskinna and Fagrskinna. Sigurd Slembe is the subject of a drama by Bjornstjerne Bjornson, translated into English by William Morton Payne, and published by ...

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