Icelandic annals are chronological
manuscript records of events mainly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in and around Iceland,
though some, like the
Oddverjaannáll and the
Lögmannsannáll reach the fifteenth century, and the
Gottskálks annáll even reaches the seventeenth.
[Gustav Storm. Islandske annaler indtil 1578. Vol. 21. Grøndahl & søns bogtrykkeri, 1888.]
Icelandic annals include:
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Annales vetustissimi or Forni annáll (ca. 1310)
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Konungsannáll, also Annales regii or Þingeyraannáll (ca. 1300–1328)
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Skálholtannáll (ca. 1362), including the Skálholtfragmentet (ca. 1360–1380)
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Lögmannsannáll (1362–1390), including its continuation, Nýi annáll (ca. 1575–1600)
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Flateyjarannáll (ca. 1387–1395)
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Gottskálksannáll (ca. 1550–1660)
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Resensannáll or Annales Reseniani (ca. 1700)
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Oddaverjaannáll (ca. 1540–1591)
Further reading
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Eldbjørg Haug (1997), "The Icelandic Annals as Historical Sources", Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 263–274.
