Heimskringla

The Chronicle of The Kings of Norway

by Snorri Sturlson | c.1179-1241 | 320,198 words

The "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlason is a collection of sagas concerning the various rulers of Norway, from about A.D. 850 to the year A.D. 1177....

Chapter XIV - Saga Of Sigurd, Inge, And Eystein, The Sons Of Harald

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Part 1 - History Of Kings Sigurd And Inge

Part 2 - Of Sigurd Slembidjakn

Part 3 - King Eirik's Expedition To Norway

Part 4 - The Town Of Oslo Burnt

Part 5 - Of Sigurd Slembidjakn

Part 6 - The Murder Of Beintein

Part 7 - Of Sigurd's Slembe's Campaign

Part 8 - Of King Inge's Letter To King Sigurd

Part 9 - Ottar Birting's Speech

Part 10 - Fall Of Magnus The Blind

Part 11 - Sigurd Slembe Taken Prisoner

Part 12 - Torture Of Sigurd Slembe

Part 13 - Eystein Haraldson Comes To Norway

Part 14 - Murder Of Ottar Birting

Part 15 - Beginning Of King Eystein

Part 16 - Beginning Of Orm The King-brother

Part 17 - Journey Of Erling Skakke And Earl Ragnvald

Part 18 - Birth Of Hakon Herdebreid

Part 19 - Eystein And The Peasants Of Hising Isle

Part 20 - War Expedition Of King Haraldson

Part 21 - Of Harald's Sons

Part 22 - Habits And Manners Of Harald's Sons

Part 23 - Cardinal Nikolas Comes To The Country

Part 24 - Miracle Of King Olaf

Part 25 - Miracles Of King Olaf On Richard

Part 26 - King Inge And Sigurd Hold A Thing

Part 27 - Of Gregorius Dagson

Part 28 - Of King Sigurd's Fall

Part 29 - Of Gregorius Dagson

Part 30 - Reconciliation Of Eystein And Inge

Part 31 - Of Eystein And Inge

Part 32 - King Eystein's Death

Preliminary Remarks:

Sigurd died A.D. 1155, Eystein 1157, and Inge 1161.

Other literature is

"Morkinskinna" and
"Fagrskinna."

Sigurd Slembe is the subject of a drama by Bjornstjerne Bjornson, translated into English by William Morton Payne, and published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1888.

Skalds quoted are:

Kolle,
Einar Skulason, and
Thorbjorn Skakkaskald.

Last Updated: 27 November, 2011