Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157)

ISBN-13: 9780801477836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 576 str.

Theodore M. Andersson; Kari Ellen Gade

Opis

Morkinskinna ("rotten parchment"), the first full-length chronicle of the kings of medieval Norway (1030-1157), forms the basis of the Icelandic chronicle tradition. Based ultimately on an original from ca. 1220, the single defective manuscript was...