Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of NorwayAlison Finlay BRILL, 2004 - 334 pages This volume includes the first complete translation of a thirteenth-century vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. An immediate source for the "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturluson, it is a central text in the Old Norse genre of Kings' sagas. It includes extensive citation of skaldic verses, some of them preserved nowhere else. This translation preserves many of the metrical features of this complex verse form, which are explained in the commentary along with aspects of historical and cultural interest arising from the text. The introduction places the text within the Kings' saga tradition and examines the particular concerns of its anonymous author. The volume will be of use to historians and those interested in Old Norse literary history. |
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1st half 2nd half Ágrip army Árnason author of Fagrskinna battle Bjarni brother Búi called CHAPTER Danes Danish daughter death Denmark drápa east Einarr Einarr þambarskelfir Eiríksmál England Erlingr Eyvindr Eyvindr skáldaspillir Fagrskinna father feast fell fight fled fought gamli gold Guðþormr Gunnhildr Hákonarmál Hálfdan Haraldr Gormsson Haraldr harðráði Haraldr hárfagri Heimskringla Heimskringla Hkr Hkr where Fsk Icelandic Indrebø Jarl Eiríkr Jarl Hákon Jarl Sigvaldi killed King Hákon King Haraldr King Ingi King Knútr King Magnús king of Norway King Ólafr King Sigurðr King Sveinn king's kingdom kinsman land Legendary saga lord Magnús's married Morkinskinna Morkinskinna Mork Niðaróss Norwegians Oddr Óðinn Óláfr Tryggvason Ormr inn langi ÓTM poem poet raided reading of Hkr Rognvaldr ruler sailed says shield ships Sighvatr Sigurðarson Sigvaldi skaldic Skáldsk Snorri sons Swedes sword Theodoricus told took troop Úlfr Vellekla verse Vík warrior weapons Þjóðólfr Þóra Þórðr Þórir Þorkell Þrándheimr