Snorri Sturluson

Heimskringla: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (eBook, ePUB)

Ynglinga, Halfdan Svarte, Harald Hårfagre, Håkon Góði, King Harald Grafeld, Olaf Tryggvason, Olaf II Haraldson, Magnus Góði, Harald Hardråde, Olaf Kyrre
Übersetzer: Laing, Samuel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. Contents: Kings' Sagas Ynglinga Saga Halfdan the Black Saga Harald Harfager's Saga Hakon the Good's Saga Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd King Olaf Trygvason's Saga Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf) Saga of Magnus the Good Saga of Harald Hardrade Saga of Olaf Kyrre Magnus Barefoot's Saga Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald Saga of Hakon Herdebreid Magnus Erlingson's Saga

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 1683
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788026897484
• Artikelnr.: 54354660

Autorenporträt

Snorri Sturluson (1179 - 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker to the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He was the author of the Prose Edda or Younger Edda, which consists of Gylfaginning, a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms. He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a history of the Norwegian kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history.