Sturlunga saga

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The Sturlunga saga is a collection of Icelandic sagas by various authors from the 12th and 13th centuries, and it was assembled ca 1300. It mostly deals with the story of the Sturlungs, a powerful family clan during the late period of the Icelandic Commonwealth.

The Sturlunga saga begins in 1117 with Þorgils saga ok Hafliða. Other included sagas are Sturlu saga, Prestsaga Guðmundar Arasonar and Íslendinga saga, which constitutes almost half the Sturlunga saga and covers the period 1183–1264.

The Sturlunga saga is the main source of Icelandic history during the 12th and 13th centuries and it was written by people who experienced the internal power struggle which ended in Iceland's loss of sovereignty and submission to Norway in 1262.

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