Guta Saga: The History of the Gotlanders (Viking Society for Northern Research Text) (Viking Society for Northern Research Text S.)

"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. 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 Edited By Christine Peel. Includes Bibliographical References.