Icelandic annals are chronological manuscript records of events mainly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in and around Iceland,[1] though some, like the Oddverjaannáll and the Lögmannsannáll reach the fifteenth century, and the Gottskálks annáll even reaches the seventeenth.[2]
Icelandic annals include:
- Annales vetustissimi or Forni annáll (ca. 1310)
- Konungsannáll, also Annales regii or Þingeyraannáll (ca. 1300–1328)
- Skálholtannáll (ca. 1362), including the Skálholtfragmentet (ca. 1360–1380)
- Lögmannsannáll (1362–1390), including its continuation, Nýi annáll (ca. 1575–1600)
- Flateyjarannáll (ca. 1387–1395)
- Gottskálksannáll (ca. 1550–1660)
- Høyersannalles or Henrik Høyers Annaler (ca. 1600–1625)
- Resensannáll or Annales Reseniani (ca. 1700)
- Oddaverjaannáll (ca. 1540–1591)
References
- ^ Steinar Imsen (8 July 2010). The Norwegian Domination and the Norse World, C.1100-c.1400. Tapir Academic Press. pp. 177–184. ISBN 978-82-519-2563-1. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Gustav Storm. Islandske annaler indtil 1578. Vol. 21. Grøndahl & søns bogtrykkeri, 1888.
Further reading
- Eldbjørg Haug (1997), "The Icelandic Annals as Historical Sources", Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 263–274. doi:10.1080/03468759708579356
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