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Snorri Sturluson

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"But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down…" Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking …

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Heimskringla je všeobecně přijímaný název pro ságy o severských králích, jež jsou dílem Snorriho Sturlusona. Dílo pojednává částečně o švédském rodu Ynglingů, částečně o norských králích od Halvdana Černého až po Magnuse Erlingssona. Název díla je odvozen od slov Kringla heimsins, jimiž začíná dochovaná část Ságy o …

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading …