Have you ever wondered who the man who raised the Famous Viking Explorer Leif Ericsson who explored america more then 400 years before Columbus did .Well this is the tale of a man known as Eric Thorvaldsson From The Eric Saga’s which are stone slabed stories.Here is the Story of a manslaughter a viking a loving caring father and The Viking exploer Eric The Red.
“Eric Thorvaldsson was born in the city of Jaeren,in southern norway in 950 He was nicknamed “Eric The Red” because of his flowing red hair”.His father committed manslaughter so his father got exiled and Eric decided to go with him they then moved to iceland.Though in later years Eric committed manslaughter and was exiled from iceland for 3 years.In his years of exile he explored land west of iceland and named it greenland.”After his 3 years he came back to iceland and persweded enough men who owned,cattle,and other supplies to create a new life to fill 25 ships”. …show more content…
And about 600 meters away from Erics house they built a very luxurious church.With help from Thjodhild who converted to christianity Eric eventually converted too.To christianity but only after his wife(Thjodhild)threatened to divorce him by saying that their love,and family could not exist if they had completely different beliefs .In the year 1000 Leif was going to leave on a journey to explore new lands.Like his father with his father but his fathers leg was injured so his father could not come.But leif went and discovered what would later be called Vinland in North
“Eric Thorvaldsson was born in the city of Jaeren,in southern norway in 950 He was nicknamed “Eric The Red” because of his flowing red hair”.His father committed manslaughter so his father got exiled and Eric decided to go with him they then moved to iceland.Though in later years Eric committed manslaughter and was exiled from iceland for 3 years.In his years of exile he explored land west of iceland and named it greenland.”After his 3 years he came back to iceland and persweded enough men who owned,cattle,and other supplies to create a new life to fill 25 ships”. …show more content…
And about 600 meters away from Erics house they built a very luxurious church.With help from Thjodhild who converted to christianity Eric eventually converted too.To christianity but only after his wife(Thjodhild)threatened to divorce him by saying that their love,and family could not exist if they had completely different beliefs .In the year 1000 Leif was going to leave on a journey to explore new lands.Like his father with his father but his fathers leg was injured so his father could not come.But leif went and discovered what would later be called Vinland in North