The Orkneyinga Saga
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EDMONSTON & DOUGLAS, EDINBURGH.
LONDON HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.
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GLASGOW JAMES MACLEHOSE.
ST. MAGNUS CATHEDRAL (South Transept and part of Choir)
THE
ORKNEYINGA SAGA
TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC
BY JON A. HJALTALIN AND GILBERT GOUDIE
Anonymous
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THE ORKNEYINGA SAGA
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SYLLABUS OF INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION.
I. Earliest Historical Notices of the Orkneys.
II. Early Christianity of the Islands.
III. Arrival of the Northmen, and Establishment of the Earldom of Orkney and Caithness.
IV. The Earldom in the Norse Line, 872-1231.
V. The Earldom in the Angus Line—1231-1312.
VI. The Earldom in the Stratherne Line—1321-1379.
VII. The Earldom in the Line of St. Clair—1379-1469.
VIII. The Bishopric of Orkney—1060-1469.
IX. The Bishopric of Caithness—1150-1469.
X. Ancient Churches of Orkney.
XI. Maeshow and the Stones of Stennis.
XII. Mousa and the Pictish Towers.
XIII. Remains of the Northmen.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
GENEALOGICAL TABLES.
I. THE NORSE LINE OF THE EARLS OF ORKNEY.
II. THE ANGUS LINE OF THE EARLS OF ORKNEY.
III. THE STRATHERNE LINE OF THE EARLS OF ORKNEY.
IV. THE ST. CLAIR LINE OF THE EARLS OF ORKNEY.
ORKNEYINGA SAGA.
APPENDIX.
The Dominions of King Harald and Earl Rögnvald.
Earl Melbrigd slain by Sigurd.
Einar comes to the Islands.
The Vikings slain.
Battle between Earl Einar and Prince Halfdan.
The Murder of Havard.
Battle between Liot and Skuli.
Battle.
Meeting between Olaf (Tryggvi’s Son) and the Earl.
INDEX.
Footnotes
