Greenlandic Norse
E15958
Greenlandic Norse were the medieval Norse settlers and their culture in Greenland, known for their remote North Atlantic colonies and eventual mysterious disappearance.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse settlers
ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ medieval population ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Brattahlid
ⓘ
Hvalsey ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Norway
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Norway
|
| culture |
Norse culture
ⓘ
medieval Scandinavian culture ⓘ |
| dateOfSettlement | c. 985 ⓘ |
| declineFactors |
climate cooling (Little Ice Age)
ⓘ
conflict or competition with Inuit ⓘ economic difficulties ⓘ isolation ⓘ resource depletion ⓘ |
| disappearance | unrecorded in written sources ⓘ |
| economy |
cattle herding
ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ goat herding ⓘ ivory trade ⓘ pastoral farming ⓘ seal hunting ⓘ sheep herding ⓘ walrus hunting ⓘ |
| endTime | 15th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Greenland ⓘ |
| explored |
Baffin Island
ⓘ
Labrador ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
surface form:
Newfoundland
|
| foundedBy | Erik the Red ⓘ |
| hadInstitution | Roman Catholic bishopric of Gardar ⓘ |
| interactedWith | Thule Inuit ⓘ |
| knownFor |
medieval farming settlements
ⓘ
mysterious disappearance ⓘ remote North Atlantic colonies ⓘ voyages to North America ⓘ |
| language |
Norse
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
Old Icelandic ⓘ
surface form:
Old West Norse
|
| lastRecordedEvent | Hvalsey church wedding c. 1408 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greenland
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Greenland
|
| mainSettlement |
Eastern Settlement
ⓘ
Western Settlement ⓘ |
| partOf |
Norse civilization
ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Age expansion
|
| politicalStatus |
Norwegian dependency
ⓘ
part of the Norwegian realm ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Norse paganism ⓘ |
| religiousCenter | Gardar ⓘ |
| source |
Norse sagas
ⓘ
surface form:
Icelandic sagas
archaeological evidence ⓘ medieval Norwegian documents ⓘ |
| startTime | late 10th century ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
European markets
ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ Norway ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.