Historia Norwegie

• Main Author: Ekrem, Inger (auth)
• Other Authors: Boje Mortensen, Lars (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English; Latin
• Published: Museum Tusculanum Press 2006
• Subjects: Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter; krønike; middelalderstudier; text editions and manuscripts; history; norway; narratology; comparative literature; parallel translation; narratologi; nordic countries, the; paralleloversættelse; middle ages, the; norden; tekstudgaver og manuskripter; english; cult; norge; medieval studies; kultdyrkelse; chronicle; historie; middelalder; litteraturvidenskab; engelsk
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The fragmentary medieval chronicle, , is the oldest piece of historical writing from Norway, and probably our first specimen of Norwegian literature. It was composed in Latin in the second half of the twelfth century, perhaps in the Oslo area. Only the beginning of the work exists today, but it offe...