Icelandic annals

Summary

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 [es] or Forni annáll (ca. 1310)
  • Konungsannáll [es], also Annales regii or Þingeyraannáll (ca. 1300–1328)
  • Skálholtannáll [es] (ca. 1362), including the Skálholtfragmentet (ca. 1360–1380)
  • Lögmannsannáll [es] (1362–1390), including its continuation, Nýi annáll (ca. 1575–1600)
  • Flateyjarannáll (ca. 1387–1395)
  • Gottskálksannáll [es] (ca. 1550–1660)
  • Høyersannalles [es] or Henrik Høyers Annaler (ca. 1600–1625)
  • Resensannáll [es] or Annales Reseniani (ca. 1700)
  • Oddaverjaannáll [es] (ca. 1540–1591)

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Gustav Storm. Islandske annaler indtil 1578. Vol. 21. Grøndahl & søns bogtrykkeri, 1888.

Further reading edit

  • Eldbjørg Haug (1997), "The Icelandic Annals as Historical Sources", Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 263–274. doi:10.1080/03468759708579356