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The Lost Western Settlement of Greenland, 1342
Posted on April 19, 2013 | No CommentsIn the early 1340s, something was amiss in the Western Norse Settlement in Greenland. -
The Place of Greenland In Medieval Icelandic Saga Narrative
Posted on January 23, 2013 | No CommentsThis paper explores the accounts of Norse Greenland in the medieval Icelandic sagas, looking past the Vínland sagas to examine ways in which Greenlandic settings are employed in the 'post-classical' saga-tradition and other texts. -
Greenland’s Viking settlers gorged on seals
Posted on December 17, 2012 | No CommentsA Danish-Canadian research team has demonstrated the Norse society did not die out due to an inability to adapt to the Greenlandic diet: an isotopic analysis of their bones shows they ate plenty of seals. -
An island archaeological approach to the Viking colonization of the North Atlantic
Posted on October 28, 2012 | No CommentsThe present paper is a brief exploration of the application of methods commonly used in the archaeological study of the Pacific and Mediterranean islands to the expansion of the Vikings across the North Atlantic during the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. -
Early Religious Practice in Norse Greenland
Posted on October 17, 2012 | No CommentsHow many Icelanders were Christian at the time of Greenland’s settlement? Were there any pagans? Did Greenland ever officially convert to Christianity and, if so, when? -
Medieval Garments Reconstructed: Norse Clothing Patterns
Posted on June 25, 2012 | No CommentsA practical guide to making your own Norse Viking garment! -
The World West of Iceland in Medieval Icelandic Oral Tradition
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe Greenland of the sagas was a unique and at times strange place, lying somewhere on the boundary between the known, familiar Norse world, and an unfamiliar, exotic sphere beyond. -
Vikings not alone when they crossed the North Atlantic – mice hitched a ride too
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsNew research has revealed that when the Vikings sailed across the North Atlantic to places like Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland, they brought with them the common house mouse. -
Furs, Fish and Ivory – Medieval Norsemen at the Arctic Fringe
Posted on July 22, 2011 | No CommentsFurs, Fish and Ivory – Medieval Norsemen at the Arctic Fringe By Christian Keller Journal of the North Atlantic, Vol. 3 (2010) Abstract: Why did the Norse Icelanders colonize Greenland... -
Greenland Norse Knowledge of the North Atlantic Environment
Posted on July 2, 2011 | No CommentsGreenland Norse Knowledge of the North Atlantic Environment By Thomas W. N. Haine Published Online (2009) Introduction: The arcing Norse expansion across the subpolar North Atlantic ocean traces an inspiring... -
Climate helped drive Vikings from Greenland
Posted on June 3, 2011 | No CommentsThe end of the Norse settlements on Greenland likely will remain shrouded in mystery. While there is scant written evidence of the colony’s demise in the 14th and early 15th... -
The Hanseatic League and Hanse Towns in the Early Penetration of the North
Posted on March 13, 2011 | No CommentsThe Hanseatic League and Hanse Towns in the Early Penetration of the North By Klaus Friedland Arctic, Vol.37:4 (1984) Introduction: The North American continent has been “discovered” two times. The... -
Vikings in Greenland
Posted on February 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Viking era in Greenland began when Gunnbjørn Ulf-Krakuson first saw the island sometime during the early 10th century. Gunnbjørn was blown off course while sailing from Norway to Iceland, an event that would happen to several ships who were trying to cross the North Atlantic. -
Why did Norse Greenland fail as a colony?
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsWhy did Norse Greenland fail as a colony? Slack, Alexandra York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 1, (2002) Abstract Since the discovery in 1721 by the Norwegian missionary Hans Egede that... -
The Evangelization of the Arctic in the Middle Ages: Gardar, the “Diocese of Ice”
Posted on December 20, 2010 | No CommentsThe Evangelization of the Arctic in the Middle Ages: Gardar, the “Diocese of Ice” By Louis Rey Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America, Vol.37:4 (1984) Abstract: The... -
Codfish and Kings, Seals and Subsistence: Norse Marine Resource Use in the North Atlantic
Posted on December 16, 2010 | No CommentsCodfish and Kings, Seals and Subsistence: Norse Marine Resource Use in the North Atlantic By Sophia Perdikaris and Thomas H. McGovern Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Environments, edited by Torben...