Norse in the North Atlantic
by
Ryan Sines
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761871721
ISBN-13
9780761871729
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
Hamilton Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 10th, 2019
Print length
120 Pages
Weight
194 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 23.00 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
Historical & comparative linguisticsEuropean history
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The North Atlantic was a hostile environment, but somehow the Viking settlers on Iceland survived while the settlers on Greenland failed. Sagas, historical sources, and archaeology are combined to answer the five hundred year old question—why?
Horned helmets. Pirates. Murderers. The Vikings are often depicted as fierce invaders who straddle the line between barbarians and civilized people. However, the Norse spread throughout Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages, taking with them new ideas. They discovered and settled the islands of Iceland and Greenland and tried to build their own idealized societies, free of the kings they left behind in Norway and Denmark. In Iceland the experiment worked and thrived while the settlement in Greenland failed. Using information gathered from archaeology and historical sources, Ryan Sines answers the question: What allowed Iceland to succeed while the last Greenlander died waiting for a supply ship that never came?
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