The Bagler Sagas (Bøglunga søgur) are Norse sagas relating to the civil wars in Norway in the early 13th century. The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (from Icelandic saga, plural sögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

The individual sagas are:

• Hakonar saga Sverrissonar
• Guttorms saga Sigurdarsonar
• Inga saga Bardarsonar

The sagas, whose compositions were basically contemporary with the events described, are found in two versions: the older and shorter version ends with the peace of 1208, and the later and longer version, covering the years 1202 to 1217, was written in the 1220s. This later version of the sagas is biased and depicts the events from the side of the Birkebeiner. Events Philip of Swabia King of Germany and rival Holy Roman Emperor to Otto IV, assassinated June 21 in Bamberg by German Count Otto of Wittelsbach because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage. ... // Events August 1 - Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers Beginning of the Fourth Crusade. ... Events April 9 - Peter of Courtenay crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III May 20 - First Barons War, royalist victory at Lincoln. ... Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 - 1220 - 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 See also: 1220 state leaders The world in 1220 Middle Ages in Europe Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Events Mongols... The Birkebein Party or Birkebeinar was a contemporary pejorative name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed in 1174 by Eystein Meyla. ...