An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland

An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland

Scandinavias greatest Memorials.Those of Denmark and Norway at Sea.Of Sweden on Land.The Influence of Climate. The greatest, and for general history the most important, memorials of the Scandinavian people are connected, as is well known, with the expeditions of the Normans, and with the Thirty Years War. In the Norman expeditions the North, mighty in its heathenism, poured forth towards the east, the west, and the south, its numerous warriors and shrewd men, who subverted old kingdoms, and founded new and powerful ones in their place. It was by Danish and Norwegian fleets that Normandy and England were then conquered, and kingdoms won in Scotland, Ireland, and North Holland; whilst Norwegians settled on the Faroe Islands (Dan., Farerne), and discovered and colonized Iceland. Hence their descendants, having afterwards passed over to Greenland, discovered America, and were in the habit of navigating the Atlantic Ocean centuries before other European nations. In all these voyages proportionally few Swedes took part. Inscriptions on runic stones in Sweden sometimes speak, indeed, of men who had settled or met their death in the west over in England (Anklant or Inklant). But on the whole the views of the Swedes were at that time, as well as at a later period, mostly directed towards the east. Swedish Vikings, or pirates, harried and established themselves upon the coasts of Finland and of the countries now belonging to Russia; and a tribe of them, the Varger, even made themselves there the reigning people. Partly in consequence of this, Swedenand particularly the Island of Gothland, or Gullandbecame the centre of the active trade which in ancient times (that is, from the eighth to the twelfth century,) was carried on, through Russia, between Scandinavia and the countries around the Black and Caspian Seas, as well as Arabia. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55409
Author: Worsaae, Jens Jacob Asmussen
Release Date: Aug 21, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English