The Bagler Sagas (Old Norse Böglunga sögur) are kings' sagas relating to events which occurred between 1202–17 and are a primary source of Norwegian history...
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birkebeiner and put a halt to the destructive civil wars for a time. The bagler sagas - a contemporary source - describes Inge as a quiet and calm man, who...
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Bagler (Old Norse: Baglarr, Norwegian Bokmål: Bagler, Norwegian Nynorsk: Baglar) was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars. The Bagler faction...
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marked by a memorial. Our main sources to Håkon's life are Sverris saga and the Bagler sagas, both written shortly after the events, in the 13th century. In...
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Civil war era in Norway (section Rising of the Bagler)
contemporaneous sagas: Sverris saga (from 1177 to 1202) the Bagler sagas (1202 to 1217) and Håkon Håkonsson's saga (1217 to 1263). These sagas were written...
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as leader of the hird and the army. According to the Bǫglunga sǫgur (Bagler sagas), the young king then took a sword and mounted it to Haakon's side, and...
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Patrilineally, he was also a member of the House of Godwin. In the Bagler sagas, Bård is described as very rich, witty, and quiet-natured. Bård was among...
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of Håkon Galen is from the Bagler sagas (Baglersagaene). He is also mentioned in Sverris saga and Håkon Håkonsson's saga. The Norwegian civil war era...
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contesting party. The main source to the life and reign of Philip is the Bagler sagas. The oldest Norwegian royal letter to have been preserved was issued...
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Sverre of Norway (section The Bagler war)
church-supported Baglers, which lasted beyond Sverre's death in 1202. The most important historical source on Sverre's life is his biography, the Sverris saga, in...
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a claimant for the Norwegian throne. Folkvid is only known from the Bagler sagas, where he is mentioned by virtue of his marriage to Cecilia Sigurdsdotter...
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year and is largely used in the summer by tourists. Both Sverris saga and the Bagler sagas mention the port of Helgasund respectively in 1197 and 1207, but...
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gave him the task of translating Old Norse transcripts, including the Bagler sagas and works by Snorri Sturluson including Norske Kongers Chronica. None...
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cand.philol. degree in 1957. His paper Omkring Bǫglungasǫgur, on the Bagler sagas, was printed in 1959. In December 1957 he married Karen Blauuw, who would...
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varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set...
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varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set...
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In the saga, Haakon is described as bright and witty, and as being small for his age. When he was three years old, he was captured by the Baglers but refused...
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passed over by the Bagler, in favour of Philip Simonsson, who became the new Bagler candidate. When Philip died in 1217, the Bagler and Birkebeiner were...
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co-founder of the Bagler party Inge Arnesson (Ingi Árnason) Margrete Arnesdotter (Margrét Árnadóttir), who became mother of the Bagler king Philip Simonsson...
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daughter's wedding. Her daughter married co-regent Filip Simonsson, the Bagler party candidate to the throne of Norway. Margaret took part in the wedding...
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was the candidate of the Bagler for the Norwegian throne from 1204 until his death. His candidacy resulted in the second Bagler War which lasted until 1208...
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against King Sverre of Norway and founder of the Bagler party. He is a chief antagonist in Sverris saga. and also appeared in The Pretenders, an historic...
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varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set...
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varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set...
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the end of the 12th century, two rival parties, the Birkebeiner and the Bagler emerged. In their competition for power, the legitimacy dimension retained...
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command of the army. This did not produce peace, for a faction known as the Bagler succeeded in splitting the kingdom, with Inge ruling the western half and...
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(Store norske leksikon) Dasent, George Webbe (2012), "The Saga of Hacon, Hacon's Son", Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements...
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Sverresborg (section Bagler war)
in ruins. It is not known precisely when it was restored, but the Sverris saga indicates the castle had been restored by 1197. King Sverre died in Bergen...
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varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set...
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varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set...
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