Scandinavian 24, Section 1
The Norse Discovery of America (P/NP)
Professor John Lindow
Wednesday 1:00-2:00, 6415 Dwinelle Hall, CCN: 78726

One thousand years have now passed since the first documented visit of Europeans to North America, in voyages by Leif Eiriksson and others from the Norse colonies in Greenland. In this seminar we read Gr¾nlendinga Saga (The Saga of the Greenlanders) and Eirik's Saga, which are the principal sources, as well as other pertinent materials from both the Middle Ages and our own times, including archaeological analyses. Our aim is an assessment of the primary sources in context and a consideration of some of the more interesting of the numerous problems that have arisen in connection with this subject.

John Lindow is Professor of Scandinavian. His research and teaching treat medieval Scandinavian culture and the more recent folklore of northern Europe. His latest book is Norse Mythology.

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