Norse Greenland

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Norse settlement historical society medieval colony

Norse Greenland was a medieval Scandinavian colony in Greenland whose decline and disappearance serve as a classic historical example of societal collapse.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Norse Greenland canonical 10
Norse Greenland period 3
Erik the Red’s Brattahlid region 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse settlement ⓘ
historical society ⓘ
medieval colony ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteType church ruins ⓘ
farm ruins ⓘ
capital Brattahlíð NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateContext Little Ice Age onset ⓘ
Medieval Warm Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizedBy Norse people ⓘ
Scandinavians NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
declineFactors climate cooling ⓘ
conflict or competition with Inuit ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
loss of walrus ivory market ⓘ
overgrazing ⓘ
reduced Norwegian support ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
documentedIn Icelandic sagas NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval European documents ⓘ
economyBasedOn cattle herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
walrus hunting ⓘ
endTime 15th century ⓘ
c. 1450 ⓘ
exported hides ⓘ
rope ⓘ
walrus ivory ⓘ
foundedBy Erik the Red NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norse settlers from Iceland ⓘ
governedBy local chieftains ⓘ
thing assembly ⓘ
hadBishopric Gardar NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadContactWith European markets ⓘ
Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadLegalSystem Norse law ⓘ
hasSettlement Eastern Settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ
imported grain ⓘ
iron ⓘ
timber ⓘ
knownFor example of societal collapse ⓘ
mysterious disappearance ⓘ
language Old Norse ⓘ
lastWrittenRecord 1408 wedding at Hvalsey Church ⓘ
locatedIn Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorSettlement Brattahlíð NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringCulture Dorset culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thule Inuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Norse world ⓘ
North Atlantic Viking settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
startTime c. 985 ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists ⓘ
environmental historians ⓘ
underSovereigntyOf Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway–Iceland union NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAsCaseStudyIn climate change adaptation ⓘ
collapse of complex societies ⓘ
environmental archaeology ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Collapse → notableCaseStudy → Norse Greenland ⓘ
church at Brattahlid → historicalPeriod → Norse Greenland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse Greenland period
Thjodhild’s church → locatedIn → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Qassiarsuk → historicalEra → Norse Greenland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse Greenland period
Eastern Settlement, Greenland → partOf → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland → partOf → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Hvalsey Church → locatedNear → Norse Greenland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erik the Red’s Brattahlid region
Hvalsey Church → historicalEra → Norse Greenland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse Greenland period
Hvalseyfjorden → historicalPeriod → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Gardar ruins → historicalRegion → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Diocese of Gardar → historicalRegion → Norse Greenland ⓘ
cathedral of Gardar → locatedIn → Norse Greenland ⓘ
subject surface form: Cathedral of Gardar
Thjodhild → countryOfCitizenship → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Brattahlíð → partOf → Norse Greenland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse Greenland colony
Álfur → historicalRegionOfActivity → Norse Greenland ⓘ