HISTORY 115 Lecture 1: Egil's Saga
29 Nov 2017
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Farmers vs kings: struggle for independence rule) Struggles against harald fair-hair (who wants to unify all of norway under his. Grim , kveldulf"s son, moves to iceland with his family, including two sons: thorolf and. He was the stem of earl eirik"s ship iron-prow in the battle where king olaf trygvason. Thorolf, egil"s brother, and egil equipped big longships and took on a crew to go raiding in the. Egil and his brother thorolf served king aethelstan of england (grandson of alfred the great) (egil"s saga 89) Loyal while in service, but never bound to their masters for life. Egil inherited his father"s lands and valuables, and ran the farm. (es 121) Egil remained on his farm. in his second year [there], egil grew restless and became increasingly melancholy as the witner progressed. when summer came, egil announced that he was going to .
