Arnved Nedkvitne

Norse Greenland: Viking Peasants in the Arctic (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Norse Greenland was the stepping stone for the Europeans who first discovered America and founded the Vinland settlement in Newfoundland. This volume is a comprehensive presentation of the community of 2000-3000 Viking peasants who lived on Arctic Greenland for over 400 years (ca. 985 - 1415). Norse agriculture in an Arctic environment met ecological challenges which they overcame with skills which demand respect. They adopted the west European church organisation with 12 parish churches, two monasteries and a bishop. Their main export was walrus ivory from which French and German artists made church art which still can be seen in the Louvre and other museums.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351259590
• Artikelnr.: 54251541

Autorenporträt

Arnved Nedkvitne is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History from the universities of Trondheim and Oslo. His main field of study has been pre-modern Norwegian social and economic organisation. Relevant monographs include: The Peasant Economy of the Atlantic and North Sea Coast of Norway 1500-1730 (Oslo 1988, translation of the Norwegian title), Lay Belief in Norse Society (Copenhagen 2009) and The German Hansa and Bergen 1100-1600 (Cologne 2014).