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Blog post: Three Vikings who were more interesting (and notorious) than Ragnar LothbrokA blog post about Hastein Ragnarsson, Leif Eiriksson, and Oleg of Novgorod. It discusses these three Vikings and provides some primary sources that…
Blog post: Debunking the "Vikings weren't victims of climate" mythThis blog post considers the evidence for Greenland being warmer when settled by Vikings than it is now.
22. Vikings / The European Prospect, 1000The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210)
In the first part of this lecture, Professor Freedman discusses the emergence of the Vikings from…
Souvenir replica of Leifr Eiríksson Statue in ReykjavíkReplica of the Leifr Eiríksson (Leif Erikson) statue outside the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík. Leifr led the expedition to Vinland in North America.
An alternative interpretation of the Viking sundial artefact: an instrument to determine latitude and local noonBalázs Bernáth et al have suggested that the Viking sun compass found at Uunartoq is a sun shadow board designed for determining local solar noon,…
Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purposeA wooden fragment found at Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948 has long been thought to be a sun compass that Vikings used to navigate. Balázs Bernáth, et…
Remains of Church at QassiarsukThe remains of a church from c.1300 at Quassiarsuk (Brattahlid / Brattahlíð) in Greenland. Remains of an earlier church were found under these…
Statue of Leif Erikson overlooking BrattahlidStatue of Leif Eriksson overlooking Qassiarsuk / Brattahlid in Greenland
Woman in traditional Norse dress outside Tjodhilde's Church in QassiarsukPhoto of a woman in traditional Norse dress outside the reconstruction of Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland by Franziska Mahler -…
Interior of the church ruins at HvalseyPhoto by Ella Grødem - Visit Greenland
Church Ruin at Hvalsey in GreenlandHvalsey church was probably built in the early 14th Century, and is located in the Norse settlement of Hvalsey (modern Qaqortoq). There are some…
Interior of Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk (reconstruction)Photograph of the interior of the reconstructed Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk by Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
Woman in Norse dress in front of Viking church reconstruction in QassiarsukEdda Lyberth in traditional Norse dress outside the reconstructed church in Brattahlíð, Greenland. By Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
Leif Ericson on the ridge above Qassiarsuk in South GreenlandPhotograph of the statue of the Norse explorer and settler Leif Ericson on the ridge above Qassiarsuk in South Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit…
Cross in the interior of Tjodhilde's Church in QassiarsukAn image of the interior of the reconstructed church (or chapel) known as Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit…
Statue of Leif Ericson in QassiarsukPhotograph of the statue of the Norse explorer and settler Leif Ericson (ON Leifr Eiríksson) in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland (Norse Brattahlíð) by…
A modern version of a Norse rune stone from Qassiarsuk in South GreenlandPhotograph of a reconstructed rune stone by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland
Reconstruction of Tjodhilde's Church in Brattahlíð, GreenlandTjodhild came to Greenland with her husband Erik the Red, founder of the first settlement in Greenland at Brattahlíð. The small church (or…
The interior of the reconstruction of Erik the Red's housePhotographs of the interior of the reconstructed Viking longhouse at Brattahlid (Norse Brattahlíð) in Greenland. The photographs show a number of…
View into the interior of Thjodhild's ChurchThjodhild (Þjóðhild) had a church built in the Viking settlement of Brattahlíð (Qassiarsuk), Greenland. The reconstruction shows how the interior…