Snorri Sturluson
Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)
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The medieval Icelander who preserved Norse mythology for the modern world — and paid for his political maneuvering with his life. Snorri Sturluson gave us the Prose Edda and the sagas of Norse kings, then was cut down in 1241 by assassins claiming orders from Norway's crown.
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Born in 1179, Snorri Sturluson rose through Iceland's tangled political ranks to be elected lawspeaker of the Althing twice. Somewhere in that ascent he compiled the Prose Edda, now the primary source for Norse mythology and alliterative verse, and Heimskringla, a history of Norse kings that opens with the legendary Ynglinga saga and stretches into early medieval Scandinavia. Stylistic evidence points to him as the likely author of Egil's Saga as well. But his role as politician and knight dragged him into the crosscurrents between Iceland and Norway. On 23 September 1241, men claiming to act…
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