The only contemporary narrative of Iceland. For 1200 it offers Guðmundar saga dýra, which ends in that year with the aftermath of the burning at Lönguhlíð and Guðmundr dýri's power in Eyjafjörður; Prestssaga Guðmundar góða on the priest Guðmundr Arason's years with Kolbeinn Tumason at Víðimýri; the opening of Hrafns saga on Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson's rule in the Westfjords and the start of his feud with Þorvaldr of Vatnsfjörður; and the first chapters of Íslendinga saga on the sons of Sturla, Snorri's marriage of 1199, the Oddaverjar and the Haukdælir. Written by participants and their kin, with their loyalties.
About this source
- Title
- Sturlunga saga, with Íslendinga saga, Prestssaga Guðmundar góða, Guðmundar saga dýra and Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar
- Author
- Sturla Þórðarson and other authors, compiled by Þórðr Narfason
- Author's dates
- Sturla Þórðarson 1214 to 1284; the compilation made about 1300
- Written
- the component sagas between about 1200 and 1280; compiled about 1300
- Language
- Old Norse
- Covers
- 1117 to 1264
- Kind
- Saga
Vigfússon's second volume and the heimskringla.no pages for Íslendinga saga and Prestssaga were not reached in this task. No free English translation.
Where to read it
Editions
- G. Vigfússon (ed.), Sturlunga saga, including the Islendinga saga of lawman Sturla Thordsson and other works, 2 vols (Oxford 1878); vol. 1
- Guðni Jónsson (ed.), Sturlunga saga, 3 vols (Reykjavík 1948); texts at heimskringla.no (index page; several component sagas not yet transcribed there)
- Jón Jóhannesson, Magnús Finnbogason and Kristján Eldjárn (eds), Sturlunga saga, 2 vols (Reykjavík 1946); not free (not freely online)
Translations
- J. H. McGrew and R. G. Thomas (trans.), Sturlunga Saga, 2 vols (New York 1970 to 1974), English; under copyright (not freely online)
Read it online
- Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar in Old Norse at heimskringla.no
- Vigfússon's 1878 edition, vol. 1, at the Internet Archive