I would like to ask if you have any information about this king of Norway, apart from the generalities that i can find myself in articles here and there 
I am particularly interested in the Sagas depiction of him, and also on Byzantine documentation of his skill as a warrior.
Harald died in 1066 in the battle of Stamford Bridge, during his invasion of England following the rise to the throne of Harold, and regional dynastic chain-events which lasted for years after the later death of Harold himself in Hastings.
Harald became king of Norway in 1046, following his return from exile and his many battles as leader of the famous Varangian Guard, in the Byzantine Empire.
I had read of him before, while examining some articles about the Bayeoux Tapestry (a depiction of the conquest of England by William, in 1066), but later on read some outlines of the revolt of George Maniaces, a Byzantine General who was the local ruler of Italy for the Empire. Harald had fought together with Maniaces during the earlier partial re-conquest of Sicily from the Arabs. Maniaces eventually got pronounced by his troops as the Emperor, and tried to secure the throne by marching to Constantinople, but was defeated and killed near Thessalonike. Harald was not a victim of the civil war, and in 1042 left the Empire so as to return to his native land, wealthy from the nomismata he had sent to his domain in Rus, and later used to secure the throne after some schemes in Denmark.
I read that he is often regarded as "the last great Viking" or even the last viking, in general, as a synekdoche.
I am particularly interested in the Sagas depiction of him, and also on Byzantine documentation of his skill as a warrior.Harald died in 1066 in the battle of Stamford Bridge, during his invasion of England following the rise to the throne of Harold, and regional dynastic chain-events which lasted for years after the later death of Harold himself in Hastings.
Harald became king of Norway in 1046, following his return from exile and his many battles as leader of the famous Varangian Guard, in the Byzantine Empire.
I had read of him before, while examining some articles about the Bayeoux Tapestry (a depiction of the conquest of England by William, in 1066), but later on read some outlines of the revolt of George Maniaces, a Byzantine General who was the local ruler of Italy for the Empire. Harald had fought together with Maniaces during the earlier partial re-conquest of Sicily from the Arabs. Maniaces eventually got pronounced by his troops as the Emperor, and tried to secure the throne by marching to Constantinople, but was defeated and killed near Thessalonike. Harald was not a victim of the civil war, and in 1042 left the Empire so as to return to his native land, wealthy from the nomismata he had sent to his domain in Rus, and later used to secure the throne after some schemes in Denmark.
I read that he is often regarded as "the last great Viking" or even the last viking, in general, as a synekdoche.
