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Guta saga: The History of the Gotlanders

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"Guta saga" is a saga regarding the history of Gotland before its Christianization. It was recorded in the 13th century and survives in only a single manuscript, the Codex Holm. B 64, dating to ca. 1350, kept at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm together with the "Guta lag", the legal code of Gotland. It was written in the Old Gutnish dialect of Old Norse.

Author(s): Christine Peel (ed., transl.)
Series: Viking Society for Northern Research Text Series, 12
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Viking Society for Northern Research
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: LX+100
City: London

INTRODUCTION
(i) Historical background vii
(ii) Title ix
(iii) Preservation x
(iv) Content xiv
(v) Oral and written sources xv
(vi) Date and place of composition xlix
(vii) Authorship and circumstances of authorship liii
(viii) Value as a source of history liv
(ix) Language lvi
(x) Editions of "Guta saga" lvii
TEXT AND TRANSLATION 2–3
NOTES 16
GLOSSARY 61
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES 82
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS 85
MAPS
Gotland 98
The Baltic 99
Southern Scandinavia and south-eastern Europe 100