Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of Icelandic writers" in English language version.
Finnur Jónsson, bishop of Skálholt, wrote Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ (1772–78), which covers the history of Christianity in Iceland. Jón Espólín published Íslands árbækur (1822–55; "Annals of Iceland"), a history of Iceland from 1262.