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Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway — Snorri Sturluson

Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

Snorri Sturluson

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  • Book language: English
  • 920 pages

Heimskringla is a collection of medieval sagas about Norwegian kings, written in Old Norse by Snorri Sturluson around 1225. It covers rulers from about 850 to 1177, offering a vivid view of the Viking Age. Listen for its historical scope and storytelling.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Opening of the book

HEIMSKRINGLA

OR

THE CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY

By Snorri Sturlason

(c.1179-1241)

Originally written in Old Norse, app. 1225

A.D.,

by

the

poet

and

historian

Snorri

Sturlason.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

The "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlason is a collection of sagas concerning the various rulers of Norway, from about A.D.

850 to the year A.D. 1177.

The Sagas covered in this work are the following:

1.  Halfdan the Black Saga

2.  Harald Harfager's Saga

3.  Hakon the Good's Saga

4.  Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon

Son of Sigurd

5.  King Olaf Trygvason's Saga

6.  Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf)

7.  Saga of Magnus the Good

8.  Saga of Harald Hardrade

9.  Saga of Olaf Kyrre

10. Magnus Barefoot's Saga

11. Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers

Eystein and Olaf

12. Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille

13. Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of

Harald

14. Saga of Hakon Herdebreid ("Hakon the BroadShouldered")

15. Magnus Erlingson's Saga

While scholars and historians continue to debate the historical accuracy of Sturlason's work, the "Heimskringla" is still considered an important original source for information on the Viking Age, a period which Sturlason covers almost in its entirety.

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Contents

  1. HEIMSKRINGLA
  2. OR
  3. THE CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY
  4. PREFACE OF SNORRE STURLASON.
  5. HALFDAN THE BLACK SAGA.
  6. 1. HALFDAN FIGHTS WITH GANDALF AND SIGTRYG.
  7. 2. BATTLE BETWEEN HALFDAN AND EYSTEIN.
  8. 3. HALFDAN'S MARRIAGE
  9. 4. HALFDAN'S STRIFE WITH GANDALF'S SONS.
  10. 5. HALFDAN'S MARRIAGE WITH HJORT'S DAUGHTER.
  11. 6. OF RAGNHILD'S DREAM.
  12. 7. OF HALFDAN'S DREAM.
  13. 8. HALFDAN'S MEAT VANISHES AT A FEAST
  14. 9. HALFDAN S DEATH.
  15. HARALD HARFAGER'S SAGA.
  16. 1. HARALD'S STRIFE WITH HAKE AND HIS FATHER GANDALF.
  17. 2. KING HARALD OVERCOMES FIVE KINGS.
  18. 3. OF GYDA, DAUGHTER OF EIRIE.
  19. 4. KING HARALD'S VOW.
  20. 5. THE BATTLE IN ORKADAL.
  21. 6. KING HARALD S LAWS FOR LAND PROPERTY.
  22. 7. BATTLE IN GAULARDAL.
  23. 8. HARALD SEIZES NAUMUDAL DISTRICT.
  24. 9. KING HARALD'S HOME AFFAIRS.
  25. 10. BATTLE AT SOLSKEL
  26. 11. FALL OF KINGS ARNVID AND AUDBJORN.
  27. 12. KING VEMUND BURNT TO DEATH.
  28. 13. DEATH OF EARLS HAKON, AND ATLE MJOVE.
  29. 14. HARALD AND THE SWEDISH KING EIRIK.
  30. 15. HARALD AT A FEAST OF THE PEASANT AKE.

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