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LIT HEIM
Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway
Originally written in Old Norse, circa 1225 A.D by Snorri Sturluson Translated by Lee M. Hollander
6 x 9 inches, 880 pages, illustrated, softcover, 1964, reissued 1991
Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway from about 850 A.D. through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint, to the year 1177 A.D. Once found in most homes and schools and still regarded as a national treasure, Heimskringla influenced the thinking and literary style of Scandinavia over several centuries.
For his own contemporaries Snorri Sturluson no doubt was the powerful chieftain known for his munificence as well as his avarice, the lawspeaker who could throw his weight in ones favor or against one, a ruthless intriguer whom it was dangerous to have as one's adversary. But for us he is the author of the Prose Edda, the Heimskringla, and, possibly, the Egils saga—works, that is, which in after times have had a far-reaching and profound influence on the literary and political life, not only of Iceland and Norway, but of all Scandinavian countries. In Snorri Sturluson the northern world has had a historian who in many ways can be compared with Thucydides. Considering the great disparity in general culture and intellectual advancement between his times and Periclean Greece, we may marvel all the more at Snorri's genius. His work is unique in European historiography.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Snorri's Foreword
Ynglinga Saga
Halfdan the Black Saga
Harald Hårfagre's Saga
Hakon the Good's Saga
Saga of King Harald Gråfell and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd
King Olaf Tryggvason's Saga
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
Saga of Olaf Haraldsson (St. Olaf)
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
- Part V
- Part VI
- Part VII
- Part VIII
Saga of Magnus the Good
Saga of Harald Hardråde
- Part I
- Part II
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 "Hakon the Broad-Shouldered"
Magnus Erlingson's SagaIndex
