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'''Snorri Sturluson''' (1179--September 23, 1241) was a [[The High Middle Ages|medieval]] [[
Snorri is the single most famous author of medieval Iceland and Old Norse literature in general. His life marks the beginning of a [[Golden Age]] of Icelandic literature, during which the island produced [[The Icelandic Sagas]]. It was also a time when the Icelanders, with their literary skills honed by the reception of foreign literature, and some 200 years after their Christianization, re-discovered their own history and the beliefs and traditions of their pagan forebears.
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