Snorri Sturluson - Heimskringla, Sagas of the Norse Kings

Snorri Sturluson - Heimskringla, Sagas of the Norse Kings

Snorri Sturluson
Heimskringla - Legends of the Norse Kings
Edited, translated and extensively annotated by Hans-Jürgen Hube

In Snorri Sturluson's monumental work, Heimskringla (The World Circle), we encounter the most beautiful and important royal sagas of the Nordic Middle Ages, beginning with the Ynglinga Saga about the mythical prehistory of the North, continuing with more than a dozen magnificent, literarily independent, and chronologically linked royal sagas that reach back to around 1177, a year or two before Snorri's birth. Most of these sagas are rich in dialogue and told in an exciting way, with the famous and very extensive Olav's Saga at their center. Other well-known stories include those of Harald Fairhair, Haakon the Good, Harald Tryggvason, Magnus the Good, Harald Hardrada, Magnus Barefoot, Sigurd the Jerusalem-goer, Magnus the Blind, and Harald Gille, as well as Haakon Broadshoulder and Magnus Erlingsson, to name only the most important.

These Norse adventurers brought with them a rich trove of Scandinavian traditions, and over the following centuries, Iceland became a treasure trove of Viking lore. During the harsh winters, stories and poems were recited to fill the long evenings. From the 12th century onward, Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) wrote about the world of their Scandinavian ancestors and about their own Icelandic history.

• Bound
• dust jacket
• Format: 14.0 x 21.0 cm.
• Weight approx. 0.8 kg
• 768 pages