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Karl Jónsson (1135–1213) was an
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''Þingeyrarklaustur'' (Northwest Iceland)
Karl Jónsson (1135–1213) was an Iceland
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ic writer, poet and clergyman.
Biography
Karl Jónsson was abbot of the Thingeyrar monastery (Icelandic: ''Þingeyrarklaustur)'' dating from 1169 until 1181. In 1185. he traveled to Norway where he attended the court of KingSverre of Norway
Sverre Sigurdsson () (c. 1145/1151 – 9 March 1202) was the king of Norway from 1184 to 1202.
Many consider him one of the most important rulers in Norwegian history. He assumed power as the leader of the rebel party known as the Birkebeiner i ...
. Later Karl Jónsson became the author of '' Sverris saga''. The Saga became a primary source of information concerning the reign of King Sverre. The work additionally contains relevant facts for this period in the history of Norway
The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat inland of the great ice sheets, the earliest inhabitants migrated north into the territor ...
.
The Benedictine
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...
monastery of Thingeyrar was founded in 1133 by Jón Ögmundsson
Jón Ögmundsson or Ögmundarson (; 1052–23 April 1121), also known as John of Hólar and St. Jón Ögmundarson or Ögmundsson (), was an Icelandic Catholic bishop. In 1106, the second Icelandic diocese, Hólar, was created in the north of Ice ...
, Bishop of Hólar. The Thingeyrar Monastery was located in Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, (eastern part of Húnavatnssýslur), in Northwestern Iceland. During the medieval period
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...
, the monastery of Thingeyrar was an important literary center as well as one of the major centers of culture and education in Iceland.
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See also
*Medieval literature
Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of t ...
*Kings' sagas
Kings' sagas (, , ) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic kings, also known as saga kings. They were composed during the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, ...
Sources
*Hermannsson, Halldó (2009) ''Bibliography of the sagas of the kings of Norway and related sagas and tales'' (BiblioBazaar) *Jakobsson, Ármann (2005) (2004) ''A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture'' (Blackwell Publishing) *Karlsson, Gunnar (2000) ''Iceland's 1100 Years : History of a Marginal Society'' (London: C. Hurst & Co.) *Thorsson, Örnólfur (2000) ''The Sagas of the Icelanders: A Selection'' (Penguin Putnam)Related Reading
*''Saga Um Sverre Magnus Sigurdsson, Noregs Konung'' (Karl Jónsson, author. Nabu Press. 2013)External links
''Þingeyrarklaustur'' (Northwest Iceland)
References
1135 births 1213 deaths Karl Jonsson Karl Jonsson Old Norse literature Kings' sagas 13th-century Icelandic poets {{Iceland-bio-stub