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    Sturlunga saga (often called simply Sturlunga) is a collection of Icelandic sagas by various authors from the 12th and 13th centuries; it was assembled...
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    woman who practiced the seiðr. She is mentioned in the Ynglinga saga, Sturlunga saga and a late medieval Icelandic tale. In the latter source, she is...
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  • Sturlunga saga, from around 1270–80, though some, such as Arons saga Hjörleifssonar are preserved separately. The verse quoted in contemporary sagas is...
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    the same period) incorporated into Sturlunga saga. Norse saga Family saga Myers, Ben (2008-10-03). "The Icelandic Sagas: Europe's most important book?"....
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  • the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth. Their story is partly told in Sturlunga saga, and members of the clan were significant participants in the civil...
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  • Landnámabók and the Geirmundar þáttr heljarskinns [no], the first saga in the Sturlunga saga collection. According to these, he was the son of a Norwegian...
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  • manuscript of the rímur. According to Þorgils saga ok Hafliða, a saga included in the great compilation Sturlunga saga, the original version was composed by the...
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    internal strife in mid-13th century Iceland. It is documented in the Sturlunga saga. This period is marked by the conflicts of local chieftains, goðar,...
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  • and 11th century Iceland. The saga of Icelanders (Íslendinga saga) – A part of Sturlunga saga. Based on historical events from 13th century Iceland. This...
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    orders, but at any rate he chose to disobey them; his words according to Sturlunga saga, 'út vil ek' (literally 'out want I', but idiomatically 'I will go home')...
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