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Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway: A Translation With Introduction and Notes

By Alison Finlay

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2003
ISBN
9004131728, 9789004131729
LCC
PT7279.F3 E5 2004
Open Library ID
OL18489959M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3667402 bytes)
Series
Northern World, V. 7
Pages
334\351
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-26 19:06:52

Description

This volume includes the first complete translation of a thirteenth-century vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. An immediate source for the "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturluson, it is a central text in the Old Norse genre of Kings' sagas. It includes extensive citation of skaldic verses, some of them preserved nowhere else. This translation preserves many of the metrical features of this complex verse form, which are explained in the commentary along with aspects of historical and cultural interest arising from the text. The introduction places the text within the Kings' saga tradition and examines the particular concerns of its anonymous author. The volume will be of use to historians and those interested in Old Norse literary history.

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