Norse in the North Atlantic

Ryan Sines

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?

Hamilton Books

Pages: 120 • Trim: 6 x 8¾

978-0-7618-7172-9 • Paperback • October 2019 • $40.99 • (£35.00)

978-0-7618-7173-6 • eBook • October 2019 • $38.50 • (£30.00)

Subjects: History / Europe / Scandinavia, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative

Norse in the North Atlantic

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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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Hamilton Books

Pages: 120 • Trim: 6 x 8¾

978-0-7618-7172-9 • Paperback • October 2019 • $40.99 • (£35.00)

978-0-7618-7173-6 • eBook • October 2019 • $38.50 • (£30.00)

Subjects: History / Europe / Scandinavia, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative

Author

Ryan Sines teaches middle school at Bethlehem Lutheran School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Note on Names and Terminology

Chapter 1: Introduction and Historiography

Chapter 2: Settlement and Society’s Beginnings

Chapter 3: Changes in Society and Religion

Chapter 4: Trade and Travel

Chapter 5: Troubled Times and Decline

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Bibliography

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