The Orkneyinga Saga by Anonymous
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"The Orkneyinga Saga" by Anonymous is a historical narrative written in Old Norse during the late twelfth century. This chronicle traces the jarls who ruled the Orkney and Shetland islands from the ninth to thirteenth centuries, exploring their complex relationships with Norway and Scotland. Beginning with mythical ancestry tales and Norse conquest, the saga weaves together family feuds, political intrigue, and Viking raids across the Northern and Hebridean islands. Blending historical fact
with praise poetry and oral legend, it offers unique insight into medieval Orkney's tumultuous past. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Editor | Anderson, Joseph, 1832-1916 |
| Translator | Goudie, Gilbert |
| Translator | Jón A. Hjaltalín (Jón Andrésson Hjaltalín), 1840-1908 |
| LoC No. | 40023933 |
| Title | The Orkneyinga Saga |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkneyinga_saga |
| Credits |
Produced by Ted Garvin, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Scotland -- Antiquities |
| Subject | Orkney (Scotland) -- Antiquities |
| Subject | Orkney (Scotland) -- History |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 57723 |
| Release Date | Aug 18, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1724 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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