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George Webbe Dasent

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Description:This four-volume set of Icelandic sagas with English translations was prepared between 1887 and 1894 by the celebrated Icelandic scholar Gudbrand Vigfusson (1827 89) and the foremost translator of the day, Sir George Webbe Dasent (1817 96). It includes Orkneyinga saga, a history of the jarls of Orkney from the late ninth century to about 1200, composed in Iceland around 1230 but preserved complete only in the fourteenth-century Flateyjarbok; and Hakonar saga Hakonarsonar, the life of the king of Norway from 1217 to 1263 and the principal source for Norwegian history over this period, in which Hakon's reign put an end to a long civil war. It was written soon after his death by the Icelandic chieftain and historian Sturla oroarson at the instigation of the king's son. Volume 4 contains Dasent's translation, The Saga of Hacon, the fragment of the saga of Hakon's son Magnus, and other appended texts."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen of the British Isles (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 4). To get started finding Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen of the British Isles (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 4), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This four-volume set of Icelandic sagas with English translations was prepared between 1887 and 1894 by the celebrated Icelandic scholar Gudbrand Vigfusson (1827 89) and the foremost translator of the day, Sir George Webbe Dasent (1817 96). It includes Orkneyinga saga, a history of the jarls of Orkney from the late ninth century to about 1200, composed in Iceland around 1230 but preserved complete only in the fourteenth-century Flateyjarbok; and Hakonar saga Hakonarsonar, the life of the king of Norway from 1217 to 1263 and the principal source for Norwegian history over this period, in which Hakon's reign put an end to a long civil war. It was written soon after his death by the Icelandic chieftain and historian Sturla oroarson at the instigation of the king's son. Volume 4 contains Dasent's translation, The Saga of Hacon, the fragment of the saga of Hakon's son Magnus, and other appended texts."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen of the British Isles (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 4). To get started finding Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen of the British Isles (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 4), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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