Where the Middle Ages Begin
The 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 centuries, archaeological remains can fill some of the blanks, but not all. What climate scientists have been able to ascertain is that an extended cold […]
The 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 first time, the son of an exile followed the route of his banished father, and continued further west. This happened in 1000 A.D., when the […]
Why 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 Norse no longer inhabited the two settlements they had established in Greenland around the year 1000, their decline and eventual disappearance has been much […]
The 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 author outlines the history of the evangelization of Greenland from the days of Saint Brendan until the loss of communication with the area in the […]
Codfish 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 Rick and Jon Erlandson (UCLA Press, 2008) Introduction: In the past two decades the archaeology and paleoecology of the North Atlantic have been transformed by […]
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