The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler. Volume 4, the Medieval World.

Episode 24, the profile of Snorri Stutle son. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

oh, oh, oh,

you know, oh, you know, you. The story of Snorri Stotlison is also the story of how Iceland lost its independence.

It is also a study of the modernization of medieval Nordic kingdoms in the aftermath of the Viking Age.

Snorri Stotlinson was an inspirational man for many people of his time and after his lifetime. In this episode we cover the

biographical story of Snorri Stotlinson and find out what the legacy of his

lifetime means to us today.

Firstly though, we need to look at the unique and mysterious island of Iceland and where it fits

into European politics.

Iceland is an island in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, somewhat remote and largely uninhabitable

due to the fact that it was formed through volcanic activity.

During the very first episode of the History of the World Podcasts we told the story of how we believed that the dinosaurs were removed as the dominant

animals of the earth by an asteroid impact that occurred around 66 million years ago

and how primates evolved to become gray tapes among other things and in turn

human beings. While primates were making this evolutionary journey, volcanic activity in the northern Atlantic

ocean brought the island of Iceland up from underneath the surface of the ocean bringing a new island onto the

surface of the earth. The people of the Northern European region of Scandinavia at the turn of the second millennium

have been immortalised in European culture and folklore as the beloved and terrifying Vikings whose influence spread far and wide from their heartlands

in Scandinavia to the many lands and territories across the expansive waters that they traversed with great skill.

Inevitably the island of Iceland was within these waters and the Vikings explored with

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