Icelandic annals are chronological manuscript records of events mainly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in and around Iceland, though some, like the Oddverjaannáll and the Lögmannsannáll reach the fifteenth century, and the Gottskálks annáll even reaches the seventeenth.
Icelandic annals include:
- Annales vetustissimi or Forni annáll (ca. 1310)
- Konungsannáll, also Annales regii or Þingeyraannáll (ca. 1300–1328)
- Skálholtannáll (ca. 1362), including the Skálholtfragmentet (ca. 1360–1380)
- Lögmannsannáll (1362–1390), including its continuation, Nýi annáll (ca. 1575–1600)
- Flateyjarannáll (ca. 1387–1395)
- Gottskálksannáll (ca. 1550–1660)
- Resensannáll or Annales Reseniani (ca. 1700)
- Oddaverjaannáll (ca. 1540–1591)
References
- 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.
- Gustav Storm. Islandske annaler indtil 1578. Vol. 21. Grøndahl & søns bogtrykkeri, 1888.
Further reading
- Eldbjørg Haug (1997), "The Icelandic Annals as Historical Sources", Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 263–274. doi:10.1080/03468759708579356