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60 Cards in this Set
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Pytheas
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Discovered Ultima Thule
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Ari Thorgilsson
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wrote Book of Icelanders, c. 1250
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Naddodd
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Norwegian, sailed to Faroe Islands and drifted NW
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Floki
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set out with family to settle Gardar's Island, settled NW corner of Iceland. (Set out 3 ravens, 3rd of which flew to shore)
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Gardar
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Swedish, built houses on N coast of Iceland, named it Husavik.
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Ingolf Arnason
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settled Iceland c. 870, threw pillars of carved gods into sea, and settled Ingolfsholdi
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Hjorleif Hrodmarson
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settled Iceland c. 870, settled Hjorleifsholdi
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Ulfljot
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wise man sent to Norway to research government
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Eirik the Red
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exiled from Iceland, sent 25 ships out to Greenland in 986
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Birgitta Wallace
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expert on L'anse aux Meadows
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King Olaf
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Christianized Scandinavia?
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Samund Sigfusson
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1st known writer, whose works were lost
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Peter Halberg
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Swedish historian who tried to establish authorship of sagas
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Ingolfsholdi
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Ingolf's headland
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Hjorleifsholdi
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Hjorleif's headland
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Husavik
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"house bay," settled by Gardar
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Vestmannaeyjar
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West Men Islands
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Reykjavik
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"smoking bay," settled in 874
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Law Rock
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earthquake ridge where Law Speaker recited laws at Althing
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Helluland
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Baffin Island
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870-930
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Settlement Age
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5th & 6th centuries
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when the "ancient times" sagas took place
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10th & 11th centuries
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when the "former times" sagas took place
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12th & 13th centuries
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when the "contermporary times" sagas took place
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930-1030
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Saga Age
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793
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Vikings attacked Lindisfarne (795 they attacked Ireland)
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874
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Reykjavik settled
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870
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discovery of Iceland
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930
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Althing established
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1262
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end of Icelandic Commonwealth
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986
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Eirik the Red sends 25 ships to Greenland, discovery of Greenland by Bjarni Herjolfsson
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1075
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earliest literary mention of Vinland
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1000
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Leif Eriksson made voyage for Vinland, Scandinavia accepts Christianity
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1380
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Iceland comes under Danish control
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1918
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Icelandic home rule
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1944
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Iceland's independence
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Althing
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chieftain assembly of Iceland, established 930
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Segja
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to speak, say
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"ancient times"
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heroic tales of Germanic tribes based on 5th-6th centuries
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"former times"
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1st settlers & early generations, based on 10th-11th centuries
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"contemporary times"
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12th & 13th centuries, have known authorship
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Sturlunga sagas
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sagas of leading families & Icelandic bishops
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Ultima Thule
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northernmost island of world
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knorr
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ships carrying about 20 people with livestock, timber, food supplies, etc.
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Bragi Boddason
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earliest named poet
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Eddic
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older poems that deal with myths and heroes
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skaldic
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stylistic poems written for the elite by named poets
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drottkvaett
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court meter consisting of 8 lines
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drapa
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"best" poetry, uses end refrain
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trochaic rhythm
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"strong/weak" pattern of poetry
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Sigurd Nordal
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Wrote Hrafnketla in 1940, a proponent of the book prose theory
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free prose
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relies heavily on oral tradition and historical accuracy
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book prose
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relies on role of literary authorship
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Thaettir (sing.)
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"tale," or a short, embedded tale with a saga
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1056
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first Icelandic bishop in office
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Isleif Gissurarson
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1st bishop consecrated to serve Iceland
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Gissur
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Isleif Gissurarson's son, became bishop & granted bishopric to northern area of Iceland
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Andreas Heusler
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coined phrases "free prose" and "book prose" in The Originas of the Icelandic Saga in 1913
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Knut Liestol
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wrote The Origin of the Icelandic Family Saga in 1929, collected a number of features found in the sagas peculiar to them and attributed them to the free prose theory
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Bjorn Magnusson Olsen
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attributed with the development of the book prose theory
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