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The Younger Edda
Snorri Sturluson
The Younger Edda
Snorri Sturluson
Book Excerpt: ...work are Snorre Sturleson and Olaf Thordsson Hvitaskald. Both of these are conspicuous, not only in the literary, but also in the political history of Iceland.[Footnote 2: Keyser.]Snorre Sturleson[2] was born in Iceland in the year 1178. Three years old, he came to the house of the distinguished chief, Jon Loptsson, at Odde, a grandson of Sæmund the Wise, the reputed collector of the Elder Edda, where he appears to have remained until Jon Loptsson's death, in the year 1197. Soon afterward Snorre married into a wealthy family, and in a short time he became one of the most distinguished leaders in Iceland, He was several times elected chief magistrate, and no man in the land was his equal in riches and prominence. He and his two elder brothers, Thord and Sighvat, who were but little inferior to him in wealth and power, were at one time well-nigh supreme in Iceland, and Snorre sometimes appeared at the Althing at Thingvols accompanied by from eight hundred to nine hundred armed men...
Médias | Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé) |
Validé | 1 octobre 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9798679261778 |
Éditeurs | Independently Published |
Pages | 208 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 11 mm · 285 g |
Langue et grammaire | English |
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