To see more Viking articles, click here. An international team of researchers has revealed that Norse settlers were active in the Americas as early as AD 1021. Norse people sailed vast distances in search of new lands to settle and farm, or to raid as Vikings for fame and wealth. To the East they reachedContinue reading “Study identifies date of Norse settlement in the Americas”
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Viking Age Iceland: Farmers
This is Part 31 of our ongoing series about Viking Age Iceland. For centuries, this island country, unique in Medieval Europe, operated with no king, no great lords, no foreign policy, and no defense forces but which developed legal and judicial systems to limit the violence of bloodfeud and protect the rights of freemen. Far out in the North Atlantic, Iceland was where theContinue reading “Viking Age Iceland: Farmers”
Misplaced Viking noble’s bones vanished decades ago, finally found in museum collection
To see more Viking articles, click here. By Mindy Weisberger The remains were excavated in 1868 and have been missing for nearly a century. The long-lost bones of a Viking nobleman have been found in the archives of the Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen, more than 50 years after the remains were mislabeled and vanished into museum storage.Continue reading “Misplaced Viking noble’s bones vanished decades ago, finally found in museum collection”
Viking Age Iceland: Thorgils
This is Part 30 of our ongoing series about Viking Age Iceland. For centuries, this island country, unique in Medieval Europe, operated with no king, no great lords, no foreign policy, and no defense forces but which developed legal and judicial systems to limit the violence of bloodfeud and protect the rights of freemen. Far out in the North Atlantic, Iceland was where theContinue reading “Viking Age Iceland: Thorgils”
Viking Age Iceland: Grettir’s Saga and farms
This is Part 29 of our ongoing series about Viking Age Iceland. For centuries, this island country, unique in Medieval Europe, operated with no king, no great lords, no foreign policy, and no defense forces but which developed legal and judicial systems to limit the violence of bloodfeud and protect the rights of freemen. Far out in the North Atlantic, Iceland was where theContinue reading “Viking Age Iceland: Grettir’s Saga and farms”