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source of knowledge about the society and politics of medieval Norway. The factual content of the work tends to be deemed more credible where it discusses more recent times, as the distance in time between the events described and the composition of the saga was shorter, allowing traditions to be retained in a largely accurate form, and because in the twelfth century the first contemporary written sources begin to emerge in Norway.
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By the mid-16th century, the Old Norse language was unintelligible to Norwegian, Swedish or Danish readers. At that time several translations of extracts were made in Norway into the Danish language, which was the literary language of Norway at the time. The first complete translation was made around
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has, however, continued to be used as a historical source, though with more caution. It is not common to believe in the detailed accuracy of the historical narrative and historians tend to see little to no historical truth behind the first few sagas, however, they are still seen by many as a valuable
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famously proclaimed that "we have to give up all illusions that Snorri's mighty epic bears any deeper resemblance to what actually happened" in the time it describes. A school of historians has come to believe that the motives Snorri and the other saga writers give to their characters owe more to
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The authorship of Heimskringla is not referred to within the text or in any surviving manuscript—as is usually the case for a medieval work—and its attribution to Snorri has been questioned. The first surviving works in which he is credited as author are the sixteenth-century translations of
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Up until the mid-19th century, historians put great trust in the factual truth of Snorri's narrative, as well as other old Norse sagas. In the early 20th century, this trust was largely abandoned with the advent of
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which he believed to have been composed at the time of the events portrayed and transmitted orally from that time onwards, and clearly made use of other oral accounts, though it is uncertain to what extent.
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In the 19th century, as Norway was achieving independence after centuries of union with Denmark and Sweden, the stories of the independent Norwegian medieval kingdom won great popularity in Norway.
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was finally published in 1844, with a second edition in 1889. Starting in the 1960s English-language revisions of Laing appeared, as well as fresh English translations.
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The author may have had access to a wide range of the early Scandinavian historical texts known today as the 'synoptic histories', but made most use of:
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into Danish by the Norwegians Peder Claussøn Friis and Laurents Hanssøn ... who are generally believed to have used at least one now lost manuscript of
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seems thereafter to have been the basis for Icelandic writing about Scandinavian kings, and was expanded by scribes rather than entirely revised.
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Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings: Edited with notes by Erling Monsen and translated into English with the assistance of A.H. Smith
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consists of several sagas, often thought of as falling into three groups, giving the overall work the character of a
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Histoire des rois de Norvège, première partie: des origines mythiques de la dynastie à la bataille de Svold
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Images of the Kringla Leaf on the manuscripts website of the National and University Library of Iceland
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The first saga tells of the mythological prehistory of the Swedish and Norwegian royal dynasty, the
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Monsen, Erling (1990). "Introduction to the Translation of Snorre's History of the Norse Kings".
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was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (
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is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by the Icelandic poet and historian
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The Heimskringla: Or, The Sagas of the Norse Kings from the Icelandic of Snorre Sturlason
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explicitly mentions a few prose sources, now mostly lost in then-contemporary forms:
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and the 12th-century Norwegian synoptic histories and oral traditions, notably many
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Subsequently, the Stockholm manuscript was translated into Swedish and Latin by
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there seems to have been a diversity of efforts to write histories of kings,
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Heimskringla/Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf
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Sturlusonar, Snorra (1869–1872). Linder, N.; Haggson, H. A. (eds.).
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narrates Harald's expedition to the East, his brilliant exploits in
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expeditions to various European countries, ranging as far afield as
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Snorri Sturluson, trans. Samuel Laing, ed. Rasmus Björn Anderson,
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comes from the first words of the first saga in the compilation (
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poems. The author or authors explicitly name the now lost work
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Sturluson, Snorri (1941–1951). Aðalbjarnarson, Bjarni (ed.).
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are disputed, but they include earlier kings' sagas, such as
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as their source for the events of the mid-12th century.
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The Saga Library: Done into English out of the Icelandic
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Society and Politics in Snorri Sturlusons Heimskringla
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Society and Politics in Snorri Sturlusons Heimskringla
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The Heimskringla: or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
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conditions in the 13th century than in earlier times.
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Det norske folks liv og historie gjennom tidene bd. 2
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of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender
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The matter is summarized as follows by 44:The single surviving page of the c. 1260 322:people, who arrived in Scandinavia with 1658:Cultural depictions of Harold Godwinson 1005: 860:The most recent English translation of 399:contains the following sagas (see also 1653:Cultural depictions of Harald Hardrada 1280:Heimskringla: Sagas of the Norse Kings 667:, pioneered by the Swedish historians 649:The author also made extensive use of 510:("the Blind") (dethroned 1135) and of 1399:Proverbs and proverbial materials in 1023:A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic 827:Heimskringla eða Sögur Noregs konunga 86:) is the best known of the Old Norse 81: 7: 1569:Magnúss saga blinda ok Haralds gilla 627:, which he incorporated bodily into 806:into both Norwegian written forms, 717:and other whole sagas, prominently 536:("the Broadshouldered") (died 1162) 1331:from the original on 1 August 2020 735:Journey to the Center of the Earth 14: 1025:(Oxford: Clarendon, 1910), s.vv. 1409: 1381: 1369: 1313:Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek 529:(died 1161), the sons of Haraldr 34: 25: 923:Sturluson, Snorri (2011–2016). 896:Sturluson, Snorri (1891–1905). 732:The text is also referenced in 1184:Särkland och dess källmaterial 120:, "the circle of the world"). 1: 584:Ágrip af Nóregs konunga sǫgum 459:Saga of King Óláfr Haraldsson 451:Saga of King Óláfr Tryggvason 426: 155:Some of the exact sources of 107: 1284:Heimskringla: The Olaf Sagas 1419:public domain audiobook at 314:, tracing their lineage to 1674: 1541:Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar 1038:, "disk, circle, orb" and 914:Sturluson, Snorri (2000). 905:Sturluson, Snorri (1964). 881:Sturluson, Snorri (1844). 848:Hið íslenzka fornritafélag 489:("the Gentle") (died 1093) 462:(died 1030), excerpt from 401:List of Norwegian monarchs 231:, "the orb of the Earth". 1648:Works by Snorri Sturluson 1590:Magnúss saga Erlingssonar 1305:Straubhaar, Sandra Ballif 1033:30 September 2007 at the 746:Editions and translations 624:Separate saga of St Óláfr 482:("Hardruler") (died 1066) 376:Battle of Stamford Bridge 1583:Hákonar saga Herðibreiðs 1470:Contents (chronological) 639:Life of Óláfr Tryggvason 496:("Barefoot") (died 1103) 475:("the Good") (died 1047) 446:("Greycloak") (died 969) 350:Thereafter, the saga of 297:. The first part of the 83:[ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla] 79:Icelandic pronunciation: 1520:Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar 751:History of translations 618:, but the much shorter. 439:("the Good") (died 961) 374:, where he fell at the 1513:Haralds saga gráfeldar 830:. Uppsala: W. Schultz. 658:Historical reliability 487:Óláfr Haraldsson kyrri 395: 372:Godwin, Earl of Wessex 299: 273: 269: 217: 124: 112: 98:. While authorship of 72: 16:Old Norse kings' sagas 1555:Magnúss saga berfætts 1534:Magnúss saga ins góða 1499:Haralds saga hárfagra 1492:Hálfdanar saga svarta 1063:on 25 September 2018. 833:Google Books vols 1–2 295:Scandinavian diaspora 262: 48:manuscript, known as 1378:at Wikimedia Commons 1294:(NY: Penguin, 1966). 1012:Faulkes (2011: vii). 796:romantic nationalism 758:Peder Claussøn Friis 90:. 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