Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson, who lived from 1179 to September 23, 1241, was an Icelandic historian, poet, knight and politician who was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Althing, Iceland's parliament, holding the office in 1215 and again from 1222 to 1232. He is credited by scholars with authoring or compiling major works including the Prose Edda, a major source for what is known of Norse mythology and alliterative verse, and Heimskringla, a history of the Norse kings; he is also often taken, for stylistic and methodological reasons, to be the author of Egil's Saga. He was assassinated in 1241 by men claiming to be agents of the King of Norway.