Norman Pirates of the 9th Century
by Evariste Vital Luminais
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100,000 years or so ago, the ancestors of modern humans walked out of Africa to populate the world. Some turned West to eventually fill up Europe, others turned East to populate Asia, Australia, and eventually the Americas. When the Vikings landed on the northern tip of Newfoundland 1000 years ago last summer, the descendents of those who turned East met the descendents of those who turned West for the first time in 100,000 years. Sybollically the human race finally came full circle; the human age of dispersal ended, and our modern age - the age of globalisation - began. Part 1: The Fury of the Norsemen. Viking raids shaped medieval Europe and drove settlement across the Atlantic. Part 2: Full Circle. Archaeology and ancient sagas reconstruct the moment when Europeans and North Americans met for the first time. Part 3: Second Coming. Was 1000 AD really the last time the Vikings set foot in North America? A millennium later the Vikings are still here -- from football teams to prairie farmers, Norse influences have helped shape modern North America. This in-depth documentary series features the voices of Helge Ingstad, Else Roesdahl, Birgitta Wallace, Gwynn Dyer, William Fitzhugh, Simon Keynes, Max Vinner, Peter Schlederman, Paul Buckland, David Arnason, Priscilla Renouf, and Andrew Wawn, amongst others. HEAR big hairy Vikings pillage England from The Fury of the Norsemen. WANT MORE detailed information on the Viking Millennium? |
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