Kings' sagas

'''''' () is the best known of the Old Norwegian kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland. While authorship of Heimskringla is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by the Icelandic knight, poet and historian, Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) 1230. The title was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins, "the circle of the world").

thumb|The '''''' (, , ; ) is a historical work dealing with early Icelandic history. The author was an Icelandic priest, Ari Þorgilsson, working in the early 12th century. The work originally existed in two different versions but only the younger one has survived. The older contained information on Norwegian kings, made use of by later writers of kings' sagas.

Icelandic writer

literary work

thumb|300px|Illustrated page of Flateyjarbók, containing the end of Eiríks saga víðförla and the start of [[Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar.]]

15-16th century work on the history of Norway

Fagrskinna (Old Norse: ; ; trans. "Fair Leather" from the type of parchment) is one of the kings' sagas, written around 1220. It is assumed to be a source for what is known as the Heimskringla, containing histories of Norwegian kings from the 9th to 12th centuries, as well as skaldic verse.

thumb|A folio of Morkinskinna manuscript

book by Ólafr hvítaskáld Þórðarson

type of Old Norse saga

Old Norse text

Old Icelandic saga

book by Gunnlaugr Leifsson

Norse saga

Icelandic text

Norse saga

Norwegian historian and monk

Hryggjarstykki (Mid 12th c. Old Norse: ; ) is a lost kings' saga written in Old Norse in the mid-twelfth century and dealing with near-contemporary events. The author was Eiríkr Oddsson, an Icelander about whom little is known. The work is cited by Snorri Sturluson in Heimskringla, where its reliability is emphasized.

writer

Norse saga

Icelandic scholar, author and poet

thumb | 220x124px | right | Hulda-Hrokkinskinna Hulda-Hrokkinskinna is one of the kings' sagas. Written after 1280, it relates the history of the Norwegian kings from Magnús góði, who acceded to the throne in 1035, to Magnús Erlingsson, who died in 1177.

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norse kings' saga

Norse saga

biography Olav I of munk Odd

saga character

Norwegian tale

Norwegian kings' saga