Sources
Left: a 14th century folio containing part of Hakonar saga Hakonarsonar. Right: a folio from the earliest manuscript form of the Chronicle of Melrose.The main source for the battle is Hakonar saga Hakonarsonar, a contemporary account of the life of Hakon Hakonarson, King of Norway (d. 1263), composed by the Icelandic historian Sturla Thordarson (d. 1284). Although the saga describes the events purely from the Norwegian perspective, its narrative of the battle appears to have been drawn from eye-witness accounts, and it is the most detailed source available for the Scottish–Norwegian conflict. A contemporary Scottish perspective of the events is preserved in a brief entry within the Chronicle of Melrose. First penned at Melrose Abbey in the last quarter of the 12th century, the chronicle was further extended and supplemented from time to time into the late 13th century. It is an important historical source for the mediaeval Scottish realm.
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