Writing History
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Episode 1
Season 1
State Power and the Battle of the Gods in Heimskringla or the History of the Norwegian Kings, by Snorre Sturlason
David Isaksen and Jens Johan Hyvik, who have doctorates in rhetoric and history, discuss Snorre Sturlason's Heimskringla and the argument Snorre may have been making to his contemporary audience about the power of kings, the role of violence, and the victory of Christianity over the Norse Gods.