Heimskringla

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Old Norse literature kings' saga collection medieval manuscript tradition

Heimskringla is a collection of Old Norse kings' sagas, traditionally attributed to Snorri Sturluson, that recount the lives and deeds of Norwegian monarchs from legendary times to the 12th century.

Aliases (2)
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Norse literature →
kings' saga collection →
medieval manuscript tradition →
approximateCompositionDate c. 1220s →
author Snorri Sturluson →
basedOn earlier kings' sagas →
oral tradition →
skaldic poetry →
containsWork Saga of Halfdan the Black →
Saga of Harald Fairhair →
Saga of Harald Hardrada →
Saga of Hákon Herdebrei →
Saga of Hákon the Good →
Saga of Inge, Son of Harald →
Saga of Magnus Barefoot →
Saga of Magnus Erlingsson →
Saga of Magnus the Good →
Saga of Olaf Tryggvason →
Saga of Sigurd the Crusader →
Saga of St. Olaf →
Ynglinga saga →
countryOfOrigin Iceland →
Norway →
focusesOn Christianization of Norway →
military campaigns →
political history →
royal genealogy →
genre historical narrative →
kings' saga →
influenced 19th-century Norwegian nationalism →
Norwegian national identity →
Scandinavian historiography →
language Old Norse →
literaryTradition Icelandic sagas →
mainSubject Norwegian history →
Norwegian kings →
notableManuscript Kringla manuscript →
placeOfComposition Iceland →
regionDescribed British Isles →
Denmark →
Norway →
Sweden →
structure chronological narrative of Norwegian kings →
timePeriodCovered Middle Ages →
Viking Age →
legendary age →
timePeriodCoveredUntil 12th century →
titleLanguage Old Norse →
titleMeaning The Circle of the World →
traditionalAttribution Snorri Sturluson →
Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Heimskringla ("Ynglinga saga") →
containsWork
Aesir–Vanir War ("Ynglinga saga") →
describedIn
Old Icelandic ("Konungasögur") →
hasCanonicalText
Aesir →
mythologicalSource
Norse sagas →
notableExample
Battle of Stamford Bridge →
recordedIn
Freyr →
sourceMention
Odin →
sourceText
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