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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817568403321

Titolo

Fargrskinna, a catalogue of the Kings of Norway / / a translation with introduction and notes by Alison Finlay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2004

ISBN

1-280-46505-0

9786610465057

1-4237-1413-X

90-474-0240-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

Northern world, , 1569-1462 ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

FinlayAlison

Disciplina

839/.63

Soggetti

Norway History To 1030

Norway History 1030-1397

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowldgements -- Introduction -- Translation Chapters 1-130 -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Bibliography Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Glossary -- Index of places and peoples -- Index of persons.

Sommario/riassunto

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.