Alison Finlay

This work includes the first complete translation of a 13th-century vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the 12th centuries. This translation preserves many of the metrical features of this complex verse form, which are explained in the commentary.

A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway

Fagrskinna

Richard North

Erin Goeres

Anglo-Danish Empire is an interdisciplinary handbook for the Danish conquest of England in 1016 and the subsequent reign of King Cnut the Great. Bringing together scholars from the fields of history, literature, archaeology, and manuscript studies, the volume offers comprehensive analysis of England’s shift from Anglo-Saxon to Danish rule. It follows the history of this complicated transition, from the closing years of the reign of King Æthelred II and the Anglo-Danish wars, to Cnut’s accession to the throne of England and his consolidation of power at home and abroad. Ruling from 1016 to 1035, Cnut drew England into a Scandinavian empire that stretched from Ireland to the Baltic. His reign rewrote the place of Denmark and England within Europe, altering the political and cultural landscapes of both countries for decades to come.

A Companion to the Reign of King Cnut the Great

Anglo-Danish Empire

A central text in the Old Norse genre of kings’ sagas is translated here for the first time. It covers the history of Norway from the ninth to the twelfth centuries and throws light on Norwegian–Icelandic literary relations in the formative stage of saga writing.

A Translation with Introduction and Notes

Fagrskinna, A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway

Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir

Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jómsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress of the Baltic coast and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in English, with a full literary and historical introduction to this remarkable work.

A Translation for Students

The Saga of the Jómsvikings

This volume is about one of the earliest family sagas, relating a poet's lifelong love for a woman who becomes another man's wife. Poetic rivalry is an important theme in the book, in a narrative that abounds with archetypical motifs.

Alison Finlay

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