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Nóregs Konungatal
''Nóregs konungatal'' (''List of Norwegian Kings'') is an Icelandic skaldic poem. Composed around 1190, the poem is preserved in the 14th-century ''Flateyjarbók'' manuscript. It is based on the lost historical work of Sæmundr fróði and is the best extant testimony on the scope of Sæmundr's work. Consisting of 83 stanzas, the poem was composed for the influential Icelander Jón Loftsson and celebrates his descent from the Norwegian royal line. The poem is modelled after the earlier genealogical poems ''Háleygjatal'' and ''Ynglingatal'', with which it shares the metre of ''kviðuháttr''. It is thought to contain the central points of Sæmundr's lost work, especially its chronological information.Ekrem 2000, p. 12. Notes References * * * Eysteinn Björnsson (2002). ''Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry''. Published online at: https://web.archive.org/web/20060923215712/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/skindex.html See in particular ''Nóregs konungatal'' at htt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagrskinna
''Fagrskinna'' ( ; is, Fagurskinna ; trans. "Fair Leather" from the type of parchment) is one of the kings' sagas, written around 1220. It is an intermediate source for the ''Heimskringla'' of Snorri Sturluson, containing histories of Norwegian kings from the 9th to 12th centuries, as well as skaldic verse. Description ''Fagrskinna'' is one of the kings' sagas, written around 1220. It takes its name from one of the manuscripts in which it was preserved, ''Fagrskinna'' meaning 'Fair Leather', i.e., 'Fair Parchment'. ''Fagrskinna'' proper was destroyed by fire, but copies of it and another vellum have been preserved. An immediate source for the ''Heimskringla'' of Snorri Sturluson, ''Fagrskinna'' is a central text in the genre of kings' sagas. It contains a vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the twelfth centuries, from the career of Halfdan the Black to the Battle of Re in 1177, and includes extensive citation of skaldic verses, some of them preserved nowhere else. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |