Knýtlinga saga
Knýtlinga saga (The
There are good reasons to assume that the author was Óláfr Þórðarson (d. 1259), nicknamed hvítaskáld ("the White Poet"), who was a nephew of Snorri Sturluson.[1] Óláfr is also known for having written the Third Grammatical Treatise.[1] He stayed with the Danish ruler Valdemar II of Denmark in 1240–1241, and Valdemar provided the saga's author with "a great deal of information" and "outstanding accounts".[2]
The work is modelled on the
The saga covers the history of the Danish rulers from the early 10th century until the 13th century. In the first part of its history, the saga resembles the synoptics in giving summaries of the major historical events, but later chapters, from those dealing with the sons of
Notes
References
- Nationalencyklopedin (1980)
- Ármann Jakobsson (2005). "Royal Biography". In Rory McTurk (ed.). A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Malden, Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 388–402.
- Lönnroth, Lars; Vésteinn Ólason; Anders Piltz (2003). "Literature". In Knut Helle (ed.). Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1. Cambridge. pp. 487–520.
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Editions and translations
- ed. Bjarni Guðnason (1982). Danakonunga sögur. Íslenzk fornrit 35. Reykjavik.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ed. Carl Petersen; Emil Olsen (1919–1925). Sogur Danakonunga. Copenhagen. pp. 29–294.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - tr. Hermann Pálsson; Paul Edwards (1986). Knytlinga Saga: The History of the Kings of Denmark. Odense: Odense University Press. Extracts available from De Re Militari.
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Anonymous, Lausavísa from Knýtlinga saga’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 826–7.
Further reading
- Ármann Jakobsson (1997). Í leit að konungi: konungsmynd íslenskra konungasagna (in Icelandic). Reykjavik.
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External links
- Knut's Invasion of England in 1015-16, according to the Knytlinga Saga Extract in English translation
- Jómsvíkíngasaga ok Knytlínga 1828 edition of the Old Norse texts
- Knýtlinga saga in Old Norse on the website heimskringla.no
- Knýtlinga saga in Danish translation by C.C.Rafn on heimskringla.no