Konungsannáll Explained

Norse, Old: '''Konungsannáll''' (from Old Norse, King's Annals, or Latin Latin: Annales Islandorum regii), also known as Norse, Old: '''Þingeyraannáll''', is a medieval Icelandic manuscript written around the middle of the 14th century.^[1] The Icelandic annals are used as a chronological reference for Norse, Old: Árna saga Þorlákssonar, the saga of Bishop Árni Þorláksson.^[2]

Norse, Old: Konungsannáll is preserved as manuscript GKS 2087 4.º (c. 1300–1328).^[3]

Bibliography

• Heinrich Buergel Goodwin (1904), Konungsannáll, "Annales Islandorum regii": Beschreibung der Handschrift, Laut- und Formenlehre, als Einleitung zu einem diplomatarischen Abdruck des Cod. reg. 2087, 4te, Gamle samling der Kgl. bibliotek zu Kopenhagen, Druck von R. Oldenbourg (ed.)
• Eldbjørg Haug, The Icelandic Annals as Historical Sources, 1997

Notes and References

1. Book: Antonsson, Haki . St. Magnús of Orkney: a Scandinavian martyr-cult in context . 2007 . Brill . 978-90-04-15580-0 . Northern world . Leiden ; Boston . 18 . 123434748.
2. Book: A history of Icelandic literature . 2006 . Univ. of Nebraska Press . 978-0-8032-3346-1 . Neijmann . Daisy L. . Histories of Scandinavian literature . Lincoln, Neb. . 90.
3. Book: Imsen, Steinar . Taxes, tributes and tributary lands in the making of the Skandinavian kingdoms in the Middle Ages . 2011 . Tapir Academic Press . 978-82-519-2563-1 . Trondheim studies in history . Trondheim . 177.