Snorri Sturluson

Heimskringla (eBook, ePUB)

History of the Kings of Norway

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of sagas concerning the various rulers of Norway, from about 850 to 1177. Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still regarded as a national treasure, Heimskringlainfluenced the thinking and literary style of Scandinavia over several centuries. "[Snorri Sturluson] speaks-as almost no other historian ever has spoken-with the authority of a man whose masterful skills would have made him one of the formidable, foremost in any of the events he records. So he saturates even remotely past happenings with a gripping first-hand quality...Hollander's translation is very good, fresh on every page... Wherever you open the book, the life grips you and you read on." -Ted Hughes, New York Review of Books "Among the many contributions to world literature that ancient Iceland has given us, Heimskringla stands out as one of the truly monumental works. Among medieval European histories in the vernacular it has no equal." - Modern Philology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 881
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780292786967
• Artikelnr.: 63556314

Autorenporträt

Snorri Sturluson was, without compare, the greatest historian of the Middle Ages. His translator, the late Lee M. Hollander, was a noted authority in the field of Old Norse literature.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Snorri's Foreword
* The Saga of the Ynglings/Ynglinga saga
* The Saga of HÁlfdan the Black/HÁlfdanar saga Svarta
* The Saga of Harald Fairhair/Haralds saga HÁrfagra
* The Saga of Hikon the Good/HÁkonar saga GÓÐa
* The Saga of Harald Graycloak/Haralds saga GrÁfeldar
* The Saga of ÓlÁf Tryggvason/ÓlÁfs saga Tryggvasonar Saint ÓlÁf's
Saga/ÓlÁfs saga Helga
* The Saga of MagnÚs the Good/MagnÚs saga ins GÓÐa
* The Saga of Harald Sigurtharson (Hardruler)/Haralds saga
SigurÐarsonar
* The Saga of ÓlÁf the Gentle/ÓlÁfs saga Kyrra
* The Saga of MagnÚs Barelegs/MagnÚss saga Berfoetts
* The Saga of the Sons of MagnÚs/MagnÚssona saga
* The Saga of MagnÚs the Blind and Harald Gilli/MagnÚss saga Blinda ok
Harald Gilla
* The Saga of the Sons of Harald/Haraldssona saga
* The Saga of HÁkon the Broadshouldered/HÁkØnar saga Herthibreiths
* The Saga of MagnÚs Erlingsson/MagnÚs saga Erlingssonar
* Index