Medievalists.net » Faroe Islands http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Local and Traditional on the Millennial Scale: Sustainable Waterfowl Management from Viking Age Iceland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/09/local-traditional-millennial-scale-sustainable-waterfowl-management-viking-age-iceland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/09/local-traditional-millennial-scale-sustainable-waterfowl-management-viking-age-iceland/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:19:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56721 Inhabited by Vikings since approximately 600 AD, the islands hosts an abundant, but terribly fragile resource, puffins, flightless birds that nest on rocky exposed cliffs, in easy range of the islanders other prime food source, pigs.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/09/local-traditional-millennial-scale-sustainable-waterfowl-management-viking-age-iceland/feed/ 0 From Asset in War to Asset in Diplomacy: Orkney in the Medieval Realm of Norway http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/asset-war-asset-diplomacy-orkney-medieval-realm-norway/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/asset-war-asset-diplomacy-orkney-medieval-realm-norway/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 10:26:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49411 This paper looks at how Orkney figured in Norwegian royal strategies in the west and presents key examples which show its transition from a tool of war to a forum for peace.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/05/asset-war-asset-diplomacy-orkney-medieval-realm-norway/feed/ 0 On the windy edge of nothing: Vikings in the North Atlantic World http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/on-the-windy-edge-of-nothing-vikings-in-the-north-atlantic-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/on-the-windy-edge-of-nothing-vikings-in-the-north-atlantic-world/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:56:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46162 With a focus upon the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, Kevin Edwards will present a select narrative of past and recent writings, archaeological enquiry and scientific research concerning the Norse settlement of the North Atlantic.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/on-the-windy-edge-of-nothing-vikings-in-the-north-atlantic-world/feed/ 0 Faroe Islands were first colonized between 4th to 6th century AD, archaeologists find http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/18/faroe-islands-were-first-colonized-between-4th-to-6th-century-ad-archaeologists-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/18/faroe-islands-were-first-colonized-between-4th-to-6th-century-ad-archaeologists-find/#comments Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:13:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43672 The Faroe Islands were colonised much earlier than previously believed, and it wasn’t by the Vikings, according to new research.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/18/faroe-islands-were-first-colonized-between-4th-to-6th-century-ad-archaeologists-find/feed/ 0 Adventures far from home: Hanseatic trade with the Faroe Islands http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/adventures-far-from-home-hanseatic-trade-with-the-faroe-islands/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/adventures-far-from-home-hanseatic-trade-with-the-faroe-islands/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:48:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37712 he voyage to Iceland, now a major destina- tion, took about four weeks (gardiner & mehler 2007, 403; Krause 2010, 150). The Faroe Islands are situated more or less in the middle of that distance and provided a fine stop-over. The islands were an additional market for their trade business and in case of storms offered a safe and most welcome shelter.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/adventures-far-from-home-hanseatic-trade-with-the-faroe-islands/feed/ 0 A Viking-Age Shieling in Skarðsvík, Fugloy, Faroe Islands http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/16/a-viking-age-shieling-in-skar%c3%b0svik-fugloy-faroe-islands/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/16/a-viking-age-shieling-in-skar%c3%b0svik-fugloy-faroe-islands/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:55:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19716 Almost fifty years ago ancient shieling sites of Viking Age date were identified in the Faroe Islands by Christian Matras, the linguist, and Sverri Dahl, the state antiquary.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/16/a-viking-age-shieling-in-skar%c3%b0svik-fugloy-faroe-islands/feed/ 0 Viking and Medieval Settlement in the Faroes: People, Place and Environment http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/20/viking-and-medieval-settlement-in-the-faroes-people-place-and-environment/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/20/viking-and-medieval-settlement-in-the-faroes-people-place-and-environment/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:19:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=14110 Viking and Medieval Settlement in the Faroes: People, Place and Environment By Símun V. Arge , Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir , Kevin J. Edwards and Paul C. Buckland Human Ecology, Vol. 33, No. 5 (2005) Abstract: Apart from the possible, but unproven presence of some Irish hermits, the Norse colonizers of the Faroe Islands arrived in an […]

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