King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway: From Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla (Penguin Classics)
Language: English
Pages: 192
ISBN: 0140441832
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This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla—Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177—this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.
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land fell to his army Unscorched and undisputed; May the Almighty protect him. The poet states there that Palestine submitted to Harald without being laid waste by fire and sword. Harald then went to the Jordan and bathed in the river, as is the custom of all pilgrims. Harald gave treasure generously to the shrine at the grave of Our Lord, the Holy Cross, and other sacred relics in Palestine. He cleared a route all the way to the river Jordan, killing all the robbers and other trouble-makers
words, the words that gave it its name – ‘Heims kringla,…’ ‘The orb of the world, on which mankind dwells…’. It starts far back in the remotest past, in a world of mythology peopled by shadowy legendary figures, the world of Odin and the Norse gods from whom sprang the royal house of Sweden and Norway (Ynglinga Saga); it continues through the semi-legendary decades of the ninth century, the era of Halfdan the Black, first of the Ynglings to establish royal authority in Norway (Halfdan the Black’s
another the houses caught fire, until the town was completely destroyed. The Norwegians killed a great number of people there and seized all the booty they could lay their hands on. The English then had no choice, if they wanted to stay alive, but to submit to King Harald. In this way he subdued the country wherever he went. King Harald then proceeded south along the coast with all his army, and put in at Holderness, where he was met by some English troops. King Harald engaged them in battle,
institution, but the chieftains’ power depended on the voluntary allegiance of their supporters, the freeholding farmers. 2. Hjardarholt, in Laxriverdale, was built by Olaf the Peacock in the late tenth century; his son was Kjartan Olafsson, one of the principal characters in Laxdœla Saga. 1. Jorunn was the daughter of Thorberg and sister of Thora, King Harold’s wife (cf. chapter 33). 2. Jon the Powerful was the father of Erlend the Flabby, the father of Archbishop Eystein and his
