• Historia Norwegiæ is a short history of Norway written in Latin by an anonymous monk. The only extant manuscript is in the private possession of the Earl...
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    due to his unnamed pagan wife and his will to please his people. Historia Norwegiæ, which is dated to about 1220, mentions that Iceland was discovered...
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    as queen, there would be little injury from the wars foretold. The Historia Norwegiæ records that Thyra was the mother of Gunnhildr konungamóðir with her...
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    late 12th-century Norwegian synoptics – Historia Norwegiæ (perhaps c. 1170), Theodoricus monachus' Historia de antiquitate regum Norwagiensium (c. 1180)...
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    (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p...
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    (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p...
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    turn were succeeded by Dag's grandson Agne (in Historia Norwegiæ incorrectly called Hogne): Historia Norwegiæ: Íslendingabók only lists the line of succession:...
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    Historia Norwegiæ (late 12th century). The most elaborate story is found in the latest saga, Heimskringla. According to the Latin Historia Norwegiæ,...
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    (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p...
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    The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation: Hogna is an error for Agne. Unlike Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiæ...
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  • (Svíþjóð), since Curonians (Kúrir) and Kvens (Kvænir) were raiding there. Historia Norwegiae was written sometime between 1160 and 1175 CE in an unknown location...
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  • Peter Fisher (translator) (2003). Historia Norwegie. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-813-5, p. 79. Historia Norwegiæ Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar Ynglingatal...
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    as an evil king. It calls his life a brave life frœknu fjörvi: The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation...
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  • Here follows one rendering of a mythic Yngling family tree based on Historia Norwegiæ, Ynglinga saga, Beowulf and other Old Norse sources, some of which...
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  • themselves and their drunk retainers in the feast hall. The Ynglinga saga, Historia Norwegiæ, Hervarar saga and Af Upplendinga konungum tell that Ivar conquered...
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    (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), pp...
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    (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p...
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    [citation needed] Stanza from Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's Ynglingatal: The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation...
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    songs of Gymir <sea-giant> to the delight of the Swedish ruler.' The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation...
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    to his brother Sigurd, who was one of Harald's forecastlemen. The Historia Norwegiæ, written around the same time as the sagas but from a different source...
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  • tradition then he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy. The 12th-century Historia Norwegiæ speculatively identifies the native Picts and Papar as those that...
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    half-brother Eric Bloodaxe, who had been proclaimed king of Norway. Historia Norwegiæ describes Haakon as an apostate who observed both pagan and Christian...
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  • he had his home in Jutland, although according to the older source Historia Norwegiæ, he was a Geat. He pillaged in the Baltic Sea and at night they made...
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    quoted some lines from Ynglingatal composed in the 9th century: The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation:...
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  • quoted some lines from Ynglingatal composed in the 9th century: The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal written in the late 12th century...
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  • included a piece from Ynglingatal composed in the 9th century: The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation:...
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    the Kings of Mann. This is the mythic Yngling family tree based on Historia Norwegiæ, Ynglinga saga, Beowulf and other Old Norse sources. The names of...
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    father Njörðr who had – in this variant – succeeded Odin. In the Historia Norwegiæ (written around 1211), in contrast, Ingui is the first king of Sweden...
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  • Powerful (Old Norse: Hákon jarl hinn ríki), though the Ágrip and Historia Norwegiæ give the less flattering name Hákon Illi, that is, Haakon the Bad...
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    Domar, Snorri included a piece from Ynglingatal (9th century): The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation:...
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