Books published by Viking Society for Northern Research

The first volume of a new translation of Snorri Sturluson's history of the Norwegian kings, with introduction and notes. The second edition is corrected and updated.

The second part of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, history of the kings of Norway, dealing with the life of King Olafr Haraldsson (St Olaf), and culminating in his death at the battle of Stiklastadir in 1030.

CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Uppsala Edda; Chapter Headings; Prologue; Gylfaginning; Skáldatal; Geneaology of the Sturlungs; List of Lawspeakers; Skáldskaparmál; Second Grammatical Treatise; Háttatal; Index of Names.

Presents a translation of two early Icelandic histories with introduction and notes.

Contents: Codex Regius, fol. 7v; Abbreviated references; Introduction; Synopsis; The author; The title; The contents of Snorri''s Edda; Models and sources; Manuscripts; Bibliography; Text 3; General notes; Textual notes; Glossary; Index of names.

Foreword; Select Bibliography; Manuscripts and Fragments Consulted; Egils Saga; Afterword; Glossary; Index of Names; Maps.

Introduction; Historical Background; Title; Preservation; Contents; Oral and written sources; date and place of composition; Authorship and circumstances of authorship; Value as a source of history; Language; Editions of Guta saga; Text and translation; Notes; Glossary; Index of proper names; Bibliography and abbreviations; Maps: Gotland, The Baltic, Southern Scandinavia and south-eastern Europe.

Contents of Volume 1: Introduction; Title; Synopsis; The Composition of the Work; Date and authorship; The verse quotations; The ¿ulul; The Dialogue Frame; The prose narratives; The analysis of poetic diction; Purpose; Manuscripts; This edition; Table of verse quotations and their preservation; Bibliographical references; Manuscript sigla; Glossary of technical terms; Text; Textual notes; General notes. Contents of Volume 2: Glossary; Index of names.

Preface; Introduction; Hervarar Saga Ok Hei¿reks; Notes; Glossary; Index of Names.