Heimskringla

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title: Heimskringla
text: Heimskringla is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland. While authorship of Heimskringla is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) c. 1230. The title Heimskringla was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts. Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about Swedish and Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legenda
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description: Old Norse kings' sagas
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimskringla
date created: 2002-01-24T17:17:49Z
date modified: 2024-09-13T15:56:21Z
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