Kings' sagas
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Kings' Sagas (Norwegian: Kongesagaer) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of historic Norwegian kings. They were composed during the 12th to 14th centuries in Iceland and Norway.[1][2][3]
Contents
List of Kings' Sagas
Included works in Latin, in approximate order of composition (many dates could be off by decades)
- A Latin work by Sæmundr fróði, c. 1120, lost.
- The older version of Íslendingabók by Ari fróði, c. 1125, lost.
- Hryggjarstykki by Eiríkr Oddsson, c. 1150, lost.
- Historia Norvegiæ, c. 1170.
- Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium by Theodoricus monachus, c. 1180.
- Skjöldunga saga, c. 1180, badly preserved.
- Oldest Saga of St. Olaf, c. 1190, mostly lost.
- Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum, c. 1190.
- A Latin Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar by Oddr Snorrason, c. 1190, survives in translation.
- A Latin Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar by Gunnlaugr Leifsson, c. 1195, lost.
- Sverris saga, by Karl Jónsson, c. 1205.
- Legendary Saga of St. Olaf, c. 1210.
- Morkinskinna, c. 1220 but before Fagrskinna.
- Fagrskinna, c. 1220.
- Óláfs saga helga by Styrmir Kárason, c. 1220, mostly lost.
- Böglunga sögur, c. 1225.
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf, by Snorri Sturluson, c. 1225.
- Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, c. 1230.
- Knýtlinga saga, probably by Ólafr Þórðarson, c. 1260.
- Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar, by Sturla Þórðarson, c. 1265.
- Magnúss saga lagabœtis, by Sturla Þórðarson, c. 1280, only fragments survive.
- Hulda-Hrokkinskinna, c. 1280.
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta, ca 1300.
Sometimes counted among the Kings' Sagas
Primary Sources
In Norwegian
- Storm, Gustav; Bugge, Alexander (ed. & tr.) Norges Kongesagaer (Christiania: I. M. Stenersen's Publishing, 1914)[1]
- Munch, Peter Andreas; Þórðarson, Sturla Norges Konge-Sagaer Fra De Aeldste Tider Indtil Anden Halvdeel Af De 13 De Århundrede Efter Christi Fødsel (Nabu Press. 2010 ) ISBN 978-1142083908
References
Other Sources
- Ciklamini, Marlene Snorri Sturluson (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978) ISBN 0805763341
- Hermannsson, Halldó Bibliography of the sagas of the kings of Norway and related sagas and tales (BiblioBazaar. 2009) ISBN 978-1113624611
- Jakobsson, Ármann; McTurk, Rory (ed.) A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) ISBN 9780631235026
- Thorsson, Örnólfur (ed.) The Sagas of the Icelanders: A Selection (Penguin Putnam. 2000) ISBN 0-14-100003-1
- Whaley, Diana Heimskringla: An Introduction (Viking Society for Northern Research Text, 1991) ISBN 978-0903521239
- Wolf, Kirsten The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose (University of Toronto Press. 2013) ISBN 978-1442646216
