Ideologies of Kingship in Thirteenth Century Scandinavia: Heimskringla and the Gesta Danorum

• Main Author: Patzuk-Russell, Ryder
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PDXScholar 2010
• Subjects: Scandinavia > Kings and rulers > 13th century; Kings and rulers > 13th century > Religious aspects; Kings and rulers in literature > 13th century; Ideology and literature > Religious aspects; Hagiography; Norse mythology; Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241). Heimskringla; Saxo Grammaticus ( -approximately 1204). Gesta Danorum; European History; History; Norway; Sven; Iceland
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses/1012; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2318&context=honorstheses

Historical writing blossomed in Scandinavia at the end of the twelfth and the beginning of the thirteenth centuries. Most of this writing came out of Iceland and, though the origin of many texts is still debated, possibly Norway as well. But in a wider frame, Denmark and its earliest historical text...