Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was twice lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Alþingi. He was the author of the Younger Edda or Prose Edda, which is comprised of Gylfaginning ("the fooling of Gylfe"), a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms. He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a history of the Norse kings that begins, in Ynglinga saga with the legendary history, and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. He is also thought to be the author of Egils Saga.

External links

• Fjölbrautaskóli Versturlands: Reykholt in Snorri's times
• Faulkes, Anthony (1993). "The sources of Skáldskaparmál: Snorri's intellectual background", Snorri Sturluson. Kolloquium anläßlich der 750. Wiederkehr seines Todestages, pp. 59–76. Tübingen: Narr (PDF.)

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