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History Of The Faroe Islands
The early details of the history of the Faroe Islands are unclear. It is possible that Brendan the Navigator, Brendan, an Irish monk, sailed past the islands during his Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic voyage in the 6th century. He saw an 'Island of Sheep' and a 'Paradise of Birds', which some say could be the Faroes with its dense bird population and sheep. This does suggest however that other sailors had got there before him, to bring the sheep. Norsemen settled the Faroe Islands in the 9th or 10th century. The islands were officially converted to Christianity around the year 1000, and became a part of the Kingdom of Norway (872–1397), Kingdom of Norway in 1035. Norwegian rule on the islands continued until 1380, when the islands became part of the dual Kalmar Union, Denmark–Norway kingdom, under king Olaf II of Denmark. Following the 1814 Treaty of Kiel that ended the dual Denmark–Norway kingdom, the Faroe Islands remained under the administration of Denmark as a Amt (cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking Age In The Faroe Islands
The Viking Age in the Faroe Islands lasted from Grímur Kamban's conquest of the country around 825 until the death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking chieftain on the Faroe Islands in 1035, and the rise to power of Leivur Øssursson in the same year. While the Norse settlement in the Faroe Islands can be definitively traced back to sometime between the 9th and 10th centuries, with the first Norsemen on the islands arguably around the late 8th century, accounts from Irish priests such as Dicuil claim monks were there for "nearly a hundred years" (''in centum ferme annis'') beforehand. The biggest historical break in this period was the Christianization of the Faroe Islands by Sigmundur Brestisson in 999, which heralded the end of the Viking Age and at the same time the end of the Faroe Islands as a free settler republic. Unfortunately for historians, many sources from this period have been lost in the various devastations of libraries and archives. The most important source ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
