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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Heimskringla"”.
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The context, purpose, and dissemination of legendary genealogies in northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241
… Sturluson’s Prose Edda (Iceland, 1220s) and Heimskringla (Iceland, 1225x35). Common to the sources is the inclusion of genealogies that stretch from legendary generations to living individuals at the time of writing. Thus, genealogies connected dynasties and civilisations in mutual descent …
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A Righteousness Housed in the Body: The Conception and Division of Kings' Bodies in Early Medieval Northwestern Literature
… of fate. Sacral kingship in the Old Norse Heimskringla is evidenced by the expectation that a king be marked by “luck” or a sense of being blessed by fate. A king’s “luck” appears to manifest in the ár ok frið, or “abundance and peace,” that he is able to procure for his kingdom. The lack …