This article represents a brief overview on the fate of the lost Vikings of Greenland and their historical legacy throughout the centuries. We’ll start off with a noteworthy quote by Robert J. McNamara: ‘The west coast of Greenland was the site of a thriving Viking colony for hundreds of years. Originally settled by explorers who…
During the late 8th century, the Norsemen commenced to set sail from Britain to Ireland and starting from the mid 9th century they built significant settlements which will later expand into present-day Dublin, Limerick, or Cork. At first, their incursions into the British Isles consisted of raiding and plundering Catholic monasteries and transporting the loot…
According to several primary sources (i.e. sagas and runestones), it seems that, at a certain point during the Viking Age, the Norsemen had encountered the Wallachians/Vlachs in the region of the lower Danube. A written account of this encounter is most notably preserved on a Scandinavian runestone found in Sweden, whilst at the same time…
During the Viking Age (late 8th century-mid 11th century) the Norsemen travelled, traded, and established permanent colonies in many locations throughout mainland Europe and overseas. In their way to Iceland, they encountered the Faroe Islands, disposing of슠the small archipelago as a resupplying check point for stockpiles of resources that they could subsequently transport in their…
Historians have tried to discover the main reasons that determined the territorial expansion of the Norsemen beginning in the 8th century. As there are several competing theories on the matter, it is clear that each of them can’t be universally accepted and that each can match the historical background. As such, four main causes/scenarios that…
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