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The 15 pages that link to Heimskringla, each with the reason it gives.

• Snorri SturlusonBroader topic: This royal history is Snorri’s other major literary achievement.

• Icelandic sagasBroader topic: It shows the royal-history branch of saga writing beyond Icelandic family narratives.

• Battle of Stamford BridgeRelated: It preserves a later Norse narrative of Harald Hardrada’s campaign and death.

• Norwegian literatureBroader topic: Its royal narratives are a central surviving monument of medieval Norwegian-language literature.

• Old Norse literatureBroader topic: It shows how saga prose recast royal history.

• Skaldic poetryRelated: Its narratives quote skaldic stanzas as testimony about rulers and remembered events.

• BlótRelated: Its account of a Swedish blót at Uppsala became a major source for later descriptions.

• YuleRelated: Its account of King Haakon links a pre-Christian Yule feast with the Christmas observance.

• Ynglinga sagaNarrower topic: Ynglinga saga opens this larger history of Norway’s rulers.

• Battle of StiklestadRelated: Its account is one of the best-known narrative sources for Olaf and Stiklestad.

• Harald FairhairRelated: Snorri’s account is the fullest surviving narrative of Harald’s life and unification.

• Björn IronsideRelated: Its accounts connect Björn’s dynasty to early Scandinavian royal history.

• Battle of SvolderBroader topic: Its narrative is one of the fullest accounts of the battle.

• History of NorwayRelated: Its medieval narratives strongly influenced later accounts of Norway’s early kings.

• Petty kingdoms of NorwayRelated: Its narratives are a major source for the remembered rulers and rivalries of early Norway.