When I read The Vinland Sagas for the first time several years ago, I was impressed by them but did not understand their message. Likewise, seeming or real disharmony of their records puzzled them. The Vinland Sagas excited many of their readers. It is evidence that it was not difficult to find Vinland. The fact that these first European explorers were able to find Leif's base in North America, without maps and tools for precise navigation, is striking. Their voyages and explorations were later vividly described in the Vinland Sagas. Five centuries ahead of the Age of Discovery, Leif visited North America and left there a base which was used by explorers who followed. About 15 years later began the most exciting chapter of European explorations and discoveries in the west, started by Leif Eiriksson's voyage and exploration of Vinland. The same year Bjarni Herjolfsson was blown off his course to Greenland and sighted unknown lands in the west. Around the year 985 or 986, a new wave of migration led by Eirik the Red arrived to Greenland from overpopulated Iceland. Since the 870s, Iceland had been permanently settled by Norse emigrants from Europe. Learning, agriculture, trade, population, urbanization and state power were on the rise. The only paradise for the vikings, it seems, is the era of war and death that rages on.HARMONY OF THE VINLAND VOYAGES Book Review:ДЄt the beginning of the High Middle Ages, Europe was recovering from the chaotic Early Middle Ages coupled with a period of colder climate. Among the chaos, Thorfinn must take his revenge and kill Askeladd, the man who murdered his father. Allying with either side will cause a massive swing in the balance of power, and the vikings are happy to make names for themselves and take any spoils they earn along the way. Death has become commonplace, and the viking mercenaries are loving every moment of it. The war between England and the Danes grows worse with each passing year. There is nobody who it's okay to hurt,' as he grew, Thorfinn knew that nothing was further from the truth. Though his father once told him, 'You have no enemies, nobody does. It's said to be warm and fertile, a place where there would be no need for fighting-not at all like the frozen village in Iceland where he was born, and certainly not like his current life as a mercenary. Plot Summary: Young Thorfinn grew up listening to the stories of old sailors that had traveled the ocean and reached the place of legend, Vinland.

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