Jon Vidar Sigurdsson

Sturla THordarson Jon Vidar Sigurdsson

This volume is an introduction to Sturla THordarson (1214-1284), a leading figure in thirteenth-century Iceland. Sturla THordarson is one of only a handful of thirteenth-century Icelandic historians to be known by name, and he is certainly one of the most significant. In addition to his role as author and compiler, he was in his day one of the most powerful men in Iceland and served as court poet, liegeman and lawman over the course of his life.