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The Icelanders' sagas (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur)—many of which are also known as family sagas—are prose histories describing mostly events that took place in Iceland in the 10th and early 11th centuries. They are the best known specimen of Icelandic literature.

The authors of the Icelanders' sagas are unknown. One, Egils saga, is believed by many modern scholars to have been written by Snorri Sturluson, a descendant of its hero, but this is not certain.

The Icelanders' sagas are a literary phenomenon from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They are focused on history, especially genealogical and family history. They reflect the struggle and conflict that arose within the societies of the second and third generations of Icelandic settlers.

List of Icelanders' sagas:

See also

References

  • Arnold, Martin. The Post-Classical Icelandic Family Saga. The Edwin Mellen Press. United Kingdom. 2003
  • Karlsson, Gunnar. The History of Iceland. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2000.
  • Liestol, Knut. The Origin of the Icelandic Family Sagas. Harvard University Press. Norway. 1930.
  • Miller, William Ian (1990). Bloodtaking and Peacemaking: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Ornolfur, Thorsson. The Sagas of Icelanders. Leifur Eiriksson Publishing Ltd. Great Britain. 1997
  • Thorsson, Örnólfur, et al. :The Sagas of the Icelanders: a selection (Penguin Classics, 2000).

External links

Icelanders' sagas | Old Norse literature | Sagas of Iceland | Medieval literature | Viking Age | Icelandic literature

Isländische Literatur des Mittelalters | Ισλανδική Σάγκα | Íslendingasögur

 

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