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Winter, snow and cold in the life of the Westviking

Medievalists.net — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 01:54:32 +0000

The main purpose of this paper is to examine how the Westviking were influenced by winter, snow and cold in their day-to-day life as they were making progress in the West.

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The Case of the Greenlandic Assembly Sites

Medievalists.net — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:22:12 +0000

In the early 20th century, scholars identified two possible Greenlandic assembly sites at Brattahalíð and Garðar respectively. Later scholars, with one exception, have neither refuted nor corroborated this, and research on this topic has therefore not significantly moved forward in the last 100 years. In this article, the two proposed assembly sites are examined in the light of recent research.

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Greenland Norse Knowledge of the North Atlantic

Medievalists.net — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:38:44 +0000

What did the Norse know about climate, and what was the role of driftwood in their lives?

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Climatic Change and the North Atlantic Seaways During the Norse Expansion

Medievalists.net — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:47:55 +0000

In order to appreciate how the Norse expansion might have been influenced by climatic fluctuations it is necessary to consider in outline the mechanisms which control weather and climate in the North Atlantic area at the present day, and which also obtained in the past.

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Navegación y embarcaciones en la época vikinga: diferentes fuentes para su estudio (Shipping and navigation in the Viking Age: different sources for study)

Medievalists.net — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:07:43 +0000

This article (in Spanish) is about Viking shipping and navigation.

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Seals and Sea Ice in Medieval Greenland

Medievalists.net — Mon, 05 May 2014 17:19:01 +0000

With a view to placing such developments in the context of changes in the past, the focus of this paper is an interdisciplinary study of the interaction of different seal species in Arctic/North Atlantic regions with sea ice, and, more specifically, the implications for the Norse settlements in Greenland in medieval times.

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Island Words, Island Worlds: The Origins and Meanings of Words for ‘Islands’ in North-West Europe

Medievalists.net — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:57:14 +0000

This paper proposes the notion that words mirror ideas, perspectives and world- views. Etymologies and meanings of general words for ‘islands’ in a number of languages in North and West Europe are then discussed.

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From Asset in War to Asset in Diplomacy: Orkney in the Medieval Realm of Norway

Medievalists.net — Mon, 05 May 2014 10:26:46 +0000

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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Norse cultural reaction to climate change during the little ice age and their societal collapse in Greenland

Medievalists.net — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:52:12 +0000

This study aims to understand the adaptations of the Norse Greenlanders to climate change in their new home.

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Towards a first chronology for the middle settlement of Norse Greenland

Medievalists.net — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:19:13 +0000

The so-called Middle Settlement (Mellembygden) of Norse/Viking Greenland has received far less attention than either of its larger Eastern and Western counterparts.

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