This book is an examination of some of the principal issues arising from the study of the kings’ sagas, the main narrative sources for Norwegian history befor

Surveying the past two decades of scholarship on the medieval historiography of Norway, this book provides a critical appraisal of the principal issues involved

A collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings.

Morkinskinna ("rotten parchment"), the first full-length chronicle of the kings of medieval Norway (1030-1157), forms the basis of the Icelandic chronicle tradi