Ari Thorgilsson the LearnedArticle Free Pass Ari Thorgilsson the
Learned, (born c. 1067—died November 9, 1148), Icelandic
chieftain, priest, and historian whose Íslendingabók (Libellus
Islandorum; The Book of the Icelanders) is the first history of
Iceland written in the vernacular. Composed before 1133 and
covering the period from the settlement of Iceland up to 1120,
it includes information on the founding of the Althing
(parliament) and on the settlement of Greenland and Vinland
(North America). Ari is also believed to have written much of
the original version of Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements), a
work listing the genealogies and histories of noble Icelandic
settlers. It served as a source for many of the 13th-century
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