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100 1 _aAnonymous
245 1 4 _aThe Orkneyinga Saga
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkneyinga_saga
500 _aRelease date is 2018-08-18
508 _aProduced by Ted Garvin, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Orkneyinga Saga" by Anonymous is a historical narrative written in Old Norse during the late twelfth century. This chronicle traces the jarls who ruled the Orkney and Shetland islands from the ninth to thirteenth centuries, exploring their complex relationships with Norway and Scotland. Beginning with mythical ancestry tales and Norse conquest, the saga weaves together family feuds, political intrigue, and Viking raids across the Northern and Hebridean islands. Blending historical fact with praise poetry and oral legend, it offers unique insight into medieval Orkney's tumultuous past. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScotland -- Antiquities
653 _aOrkney (Scotland) -- Antiquities
653 _aOrkney (Scotland) -- History
700 1 _aAnderson, Joseph,
_d1832-1916
700 1 _aGoudie, Gilbert
700 1 _aJón A. Hjaltalín
_q(Jón Andrésson Hjaltalín),
_d1840-1908
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57723
999 _c98552
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