The Sagas of Norwegian Kings (1130-1265)
The Sagas of Norwegian Kings (1130-1265)

Author: Theodore Murdock Andersson

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780935995206

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"The purpose of the present volume is to provide the nonspecialist with a first orientation on the category of Icelandic sagas known as 'kings' sagas.' They are so titled because they typically, though not exclusively, recount the lives of the Norwegian kings from ca. 900 down to the thirteenth century."--p.vii

Kings' Sagas and Norwegian History
Kings' Sagas and Norwegian History

Author: Shami Ghosh

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-09-23

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9004209891

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Surveying the past two decades of scholarship on the medieval historiography of Norway, this book provides a critical appraisal of the principal issues involved in the study of the primary sources and the key areas of scholarship and future research.

Beyond the Northlands
Beyond the Northlands

Author: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0198701241

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A trip to the furthest edgelands of the Viking world via the drama of the Old Norse sagas -- from the Arctic Circle to Constantinople, North America to Kievan Rus.

The Heimskringla
The Heimskringla

Author: Snorri Sturluson

Publisher:

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13:

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A collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings.

The Vinland Sagas
The Vinland Sagas

Author: Leifur Eiricksson

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0141991550

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The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red’s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik’s son Leif the Lucky’s perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.

The Saga of the Volsungs
The Saga of the Volsungs

Author:

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1624666353

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From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including, among others, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.

King Harald's Saga
King Harald's Saga

Author: Snorri Sturluson

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-04-28

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0141915072

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This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 - this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.