Editing Eric Bloodaxe (section)

==Sources==
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===Primary sources===
* [[Alan Orr Anderson|Anderson, Alan Orr]], ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990.
*''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' MSS D ('Worcester Chronicle', London, British Library, [[Cotton Tiberius]] B.IV) and E (‘Peterborough Chronicle’ or ‘Laud Chronicle’, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud 636), ed. D. Dumville and S. Keynes, ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. A Collaborative Edition''. Vols 6 and 7. Cambridge, 1983; tr. Michael J. Swanton, ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles''. 2nd ed. London, 2000.
*[[Æthelweard (historian)|Æthelweard]], ''Chronicon'', ed. and tr. Alistair Campbell, ''The Chronicle of Æthelweard''. London, 1961.
*Reimann or Ousmann,'' De S. Cadroe abbate'' (The ''Life'' of [[St Cathróe]]), ed. [[John Colgan]], ''[[Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae]]'', Vol. 1. pp.&nbsp;494 ff; in part reprinted by W.F. Skene, ''Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots''. pp.&nbsp;106–116; ed. the Bollandists, ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]''. 1865. 1 March 473–80 (incomplete); ed. and tr. A.O. Anderson, ''Early Sources of Scottish History, A.D. 500 to 1286''. (from Colgan's edition, pp.&nbsp;495–7). No full translation has appeared to this date.
*[[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]], ed. W.F. Skene. ''Chronicles of the Picts and Scots: And Other Memorials of Scottish History''. Edinburgh, 1867. 8–10.
*Post-Conquest English histories:
**[[William of Malmesbury]], ''Gesta regum Anglorum'', ed. and tr. R.A.B. Mynors, R. M. Thomson and M. Winterbottom, ''William of Malmesbury. Gesta Regum Anglorum. The History of the English Kings''. OMT. 2 vols: vol 1. Oxford, 1998.
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**''[[Historia Regum|Historia Regum (Anglorum et Dacorum)]]'', ed. Thomas Arnold, ''Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia''. 2 vols: vol 2. London, 1885. 1–283; tr. J. Stevenson, ''Church Historians of England''. 8 vols: vol. 4 (part 2: ''The Historical Works of Simeon of Durham''). London, 1853. 425–617.
**''[[De primo Saxonum adventu]]'', ed. Thomas Arnold, ''Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia''. 2 vols: vol 2. London, 1885. 365–84 (Appendix 1); tr. Alan Orr Anderson, ''Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers A.D. 500 to 1286''. Revised and corrected ed. Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1991 (1908).
**[[Roger of Wendover]], ''[[Flores Historiarum]]'', ed. [[H. O. Coxe]], ''Rogeri de Wendoveri chronica, sive, Flores historiarum''. Vol 1. London, 1841. 402–3.
**[[Roger of Howden]], ''Chronica Rogeri de Houedene'', ed. William Stubbs. ''Chronica magistri de Houedene''. 4 vols.: vol. 1. Rolls series 51. London, 1868.
*''Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds'' (EMC), at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180209193458/http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/emc/ Department of Coins and Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum].
*[[Anglo-Saxon charters]], here indicated as S + number and date following Peter Sawyer, ''Anglo-Saxon Charters. An Annotated List and Bibliography''. London, 1968, and [http://www.esawyer.org.uk The Electronic Sawyer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223003618/http://www.esawyer.org.uk/ |date=23 February 2011 }}.
*Contemporary skaldic poetry:
**''[[Eiríksmál]]'', ed. R.D. Fulk, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20091230162158/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=9 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages]''; tr. Alison Finlay, ''Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway''. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004. pp.&nbsp;58–9.
**[[Egill Skallagrímsson]], ''Lausavísur'', ed. [[Margaret Clunies Ross]]. At ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070831155641/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=167 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages]''.
**–––, ''Arinbjarnarkviða'', ed. Margaret Clunies Ross. At ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070830164007/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=162 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages]''.
**–––, ''Höfuðlausn'', ed. Margaret Clunies Ross. At ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070831163137/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=164 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages]''.
**[[Eyvindr Finnsson skáldaspillir]], ''Lausavísur'', ed. Russel Poole. At ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070901091810/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=188 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages]''.
*Synoptics:
**''[[Historia Norwegiæ]]'', ed. Inger Ekrem and Lars Boje Mortensen, tr. Peter Fisher, ''Historia Norwegie''. Museum Tusculanum Press, 2003; tr. Debra Kunin, ''A History of Norway and the Passion and Miracles of the Blessed Óláfr''. London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London, 2001. [http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk Online PDF, including corrections, available from Viking Society for Northern Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401093953/http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/ |date=1 April 2022 }}.
**''[[Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum]]'', ed. and tr. M.J. Driscoll, ''Ágrip af Nóregskonungasǫgum''. Viking Society for Northern Research Text Series 10. 2nd ed. 2008 (1995).
**[[Theodoric the Monk|Theodoricus monachus]], ''Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium'', ed. Gustav Storm, ''Monumenta Historica Norvegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen''. Kristiania, 1880; tr. David and Ian McDougall, ''Theodoricus Monachus. Historia de Antiquitate regum Norwagiensium''. Viking Society for Northern Research. 1998.
*''[[Nóregs konungatal]]'' (c. 1190, preserved in ''[[Flateyjarbók]]''), ed. Kari Ellen Gade, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070830164052/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=35 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages]''.
*Icelandic [[kings' sagas]]. Chapter numbering follows that assigned in the translations given below:
**''[[Fagrskinna]]'', ed. [[Finnur Jónsson]], ''Fagrskinna. Nóregs Kononga Tal''. Copenhagen, 1902–3. [http://www.septentrionalia.net/etexts/index.php#onhistoriography PDF available from septentrionalia.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520161327/http://www.septentrionalia.net/etexts/index.php#onhistoriography |date=20 May 2008 }}; tr. Alison Finlay, ''Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway''. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004. The chapter numbering follows that of Bjarni Einarsson (the most recent editor) and Alison Finlay.
**''[[Egils saga]]'', ed. Finnur Jónsson, ''Egils saga Skallagrímssonar''. Halle, 1894; tr. Herman Pálsson and Paul Edwards, ''Egil's Saga''. Harmondsworth, 1976.
**Snorri Sturluson, ''[[Heimskringla]]'', ed. Finnur Jónsson, ''Snorri Sturluson. Heimskringla. Nóregs konunga sögur''. Copenhagen, 1911; tr. [[Lee M. Hollander]], ''Snorri Sturluson. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qHpwje7-wNkC&q=Heimskringla:+History+of+the+Kings+of+Norway Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway]''. [[University of Texas Press]], 1964.
**''[[Orkneyinga saga]]'' (ch. 8–9 and 17), ed. Finnbogi Guðmundsson, ''Orkneyinga saga''. Íslenzk fornrit 34. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1965; tr. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards, ''Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney''. London: Hogarth Press, 1978. Republished 1981, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
**''[[Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta]]'' (''Longer saga of Óláf Tryggvason''), ed. Ólafur Halldórsson, ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta''. Copenhagen, 1958; ed. Hèr hefr upp Sögu Ólafs konúngs Tryggvasonar. [http://sagnanet.is/saganet/?MIval=/SinglePage&Manuscript=100203&Page=32&language=english available from Saganet]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; tr. John Sephton, ''The Saga of Olaf Tryggwason''. London, 1895 (based on edition in ''Fornmanna sögur'').
*[[Irish annals]]:
**[[Annals of the Four Masters]], ed. and tr. John O’Donovan, ''Annála Rioghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters''. 7 vols.: vol. 2. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin, 1848–51.
**[[Annals of Clonmacnoise]], Denis Murphy, ''The Annals of Clonmacnoise''. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Dublin, 1896.
**[[Chronicon Scotorum]], ed. and tr. Gearóid Mac Niocaill. ''Chronicon Scotorum''. [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100016 Edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401030343/http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100016/ |date=1 April 2009 }} and [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016 translation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425220812/http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016/ |date=25 April 2009 }} available from CELT, supplied with readings from older edition of [[W. M. Hennessy]] (ed. and tr.), ''Chronicum Scotorum''. London, 1866.
**[[Annals of Ulster]], ed. and tr. Seán Mac Airt and Gearóid Mac Niocaill, ''The Annals of Ulster (to AD 1131)''. Dublin, 1983.
*''[[Caithréim Chellacháin Chaisil]]'', ed. Alexander Bugge, ''Caithream Ceallachain Caisil. The Victorious Career of Cellachan of Cashel''. Christiania, 1905.
*[[Durham Liber Vitae|Durham ''Liber Vitae'']], ed. A.H. Thompson, ''Liber vitae ecclesiae Dunelmensis''. Surtees Society 136. 1923.

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===Further reading===
*Bailey, R.N. "The Rey cross: background." In ''Stainmore. The Archaeology of a North Pennine Pass'', ed. B. Vyner. Tees Archaeology Monographs 1. Hartlepool, 2001. 118–20.
*Cormack, Margaret, "Fact and Fiction in the Icelandic Sagas," History Compass 4 (2006).
*Dumville, D.N. "St Cathróe of Metz and the hagiography of exoticism." In ''Studies in Irish Hagiography. Saints and scholars'', ed. John Carey, Máire Herbert and Pádraig Ó Riain. Dublin, 2001. 172–88.
*{{Cite journal | last1 = Etchingham | first1 = Colman | year = 2001 | title = North Wales, Ireland and the Isles: the Insular Viking zone | journal = [[Peritia]] | volume = 15 | pages = 145–87 | doi=10.1484/j.peri.3.434}}
*Larrington, Carolyne. "Egill’s longer poems: ''Arinbjarnarkviða'' and ''Sonatorrek''." In ''Introductory Essays on Egils saga and Njáls saga'', ed. J. Hines and D. Slay, London: The Viking Society for Northern Research, 1992
*Williams, Gareth. ''Eirik Bloodaxe''. Saga Book, 2010
*Woolf, Alex. ''From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070''. The New Edinburgh History of Scotland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-7486-1234-5}}, OCLC 123113911
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