WebBjarni Herjólfsson (fl. 10th century) was a Norse-Icelandic explorer who is believed to be the first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas, which he sighted in 986. Life. Bjarni was born to Herjólfr, son of Bárdi Herjólfsson (Old Norse: Bárði), and ...

WebUnter der Besiedlung Amerikas wird im Allgemeinen die Besiedlungsgeschichte des amerikanischen Kontinents verstanden, das heißt die Geschichte der Einwanderungen im Unterschied zu bloßen Entdeckungen Amerikas ohne Niederlassungen. Sie ist unter Linguisten, Archäologen, Anthropologen, Genetikern und Ethnologen nach wie vor viel …

WebThe Battle of Svolder (Svold or Swold) was a large naval battle during the Viking age, fought in September 999 or 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf of Norway and an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and Olaf's enemies in Norway. The backdrop of the battle was the unification of Norway into a single independent state after …

WebThe Viking Age sword was for single-handed use to be combined with a shield, with a double edged blade length of up to 90 cm. Its shape was still very much based on the Roman spatha with a tight grip, long deep fuller and no pronounced cross-guard. It was not exclusive to the Vikings, but rather was used throughout Europe. Swords were very costly …

WebRoskilde ships. In the late 1990s, excavations for the shipyard expansion of the Viking Ship Museum uncovered the remains of a further nine ships, the Roskilde ships, from the medieval period. It is the largest discovery of prehistoric ships in Northern Europe.Most of these are from the period just after the Viking Age, 1060-1350 AD, but Roskilde 6 [] is …

WebTerre-Neuve (en anglais : Newfoundland ; en micmac Taqamkuk ; en gaélique écossais : Talamh en Eisc) est une grande île située au large de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique septentrionale.Elle fait partie du territoire de la province canadienne de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador ; la capitale de la province, Saint-Jean, se trouve sur l'extrémité est de l'île, le …

WebL'Anse aux Meadows (/ ˈ l æ n s i ˈ m ɛ d oʊ z / lit. Meadows Cove) is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.. With carbon dating …

WebVikingo (del nórdico antiguo víkingr) es el principal nombre dado a los guerreros que realizaban incursiones de saqueos, provenientes de los pueblos nórdicos procedentes de Escandinavia, famosos por ser grandes navegantes y por llevar a cabo pillajes y ataques en Europa.Dependiendo del contexto y de la interpretación del autor, puede usarse el …

WebMarkland (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkˌlɑnd]) is the name given to one of three lands on North America's Atlantic shore discovered by Leif Eriksson around 1000 AD. It was located south of Helluland and north of Vinland.. Although it was never recorded to be settled by Norsemen, there were probably a number of later expeditions from Greenland to gather …

WebNorth Sea Empire or Anglo-Scandinavian Empire are historiographical terms that refer to the personal union of the kingdoms of England, Denmark and Norway for most of the period between 1013 and 1042 towards the end of the Viking Age. This ephemeral Norse-ruled empire was a thalassocracy, its components only connected by and dependent upon the …