The Heimskringla on Heimskringla

General

• attribution: Douglas B. Killings produced the digital text of Heimskringla

  "Produced by Douglas B. Killings"

Heimskringla

• attestation: Heimskringla is also known as The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

  "OR"

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway

• attestation: Heimskringla was originally written in Old Norse around 1225 AD

  "Originally written in Old Norse, app. 1225 A.D., by the poet and historian Snorri Sturlason."

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > Transcriber'S Note:

• attestation: Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the rulers of Norway

  "The "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlason is a collection of sagas concerning the various rulers of Norway"

• attestation: Heimskringla covers the period from approximately 850 AD onward

  "from about A.D. 850 to the year"

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > A.D. 1177.

• attestation: Heimskringla contains fifteen individual sagas about Norwegian rulers

  "The Sagas covered in this work are the following:"

• attestation: The first saga in Heimskringla is Halfdan the Black Saga

  "1. Halfdan the Black Saga"

• attestation: Harald Harfager's Saga is the second saga in the collection

  "2. Harald Harfager's Saga"

• attestation: Heimskringla is considered an important original source for information on the Viking Age

  "the "Heimskringla" is still considered an important original source for information on the Viking Age"