![]() Ever a ruthless and opportunistic leader, Snorri was involved in many disputes, even with his own relatives, and in 1241 he was murdered by one of his enemies. ![]() Snorri was re-elected law speaker for three terms (1222 –1232), and it was during this period that he found the time to produce his greatest writings. He thwarted a scheme to force Iceland to submit to Norwegian rule and left Norway in great honor, promising to work for Norway's cause in Iceland. For several years Snorri traveled widely throughout Norway and Sweden. ![]() After one term, ending in 1218, he journeyed to Norway to visit its rulers, the regent Earl Sk úli and the young King H ákon. Snorri received the best education possible his power and stature increased, and he was elected law speaker in 1215. J ón Loptsson was the most powerful chieftain in Iceland at the time, and his farm was a center of learning without equal. Snorri was sent at a young age to a settlement in southern Iceland called Oddi to be fostered by J ón Loptsson, grandson of S æmund Sigf ússon and of Magnus III of Norway. His writings include the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla, which along with the Poetic Edda are the major primary sources for Germanic mythology and religion. SNORRI STURLUSON (1179 –1241) is Iceland's greatest historian. ![]()
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