Mysteries of the Far North - The Secret History of the Vikings in Greenland and North America

Jacques Privat examines in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly 5 centuries by two Nordic colonies.

List of contents

Foreword by Claude Lecouteux

Introduction: The Arctic beyond Your Imagination

1 The Inuit in Greenland

2 The Vikings in Greenland

3 The Traditional Inuit Cultural Background as a Research Element

4 Inuit Art as a Research Element

5 Inuit Loans, Inussuk Culture, and the Vikings

6 Prolonged Contact or Cohabitation of Inuit and Vikings

7 The Testimony of the Nordic Source Texts

8 The Different Theories on Inuit and Viking Contact

9 The Church in Greenland

10 The Scandinavian Presence in the Far North

11 The European Presence in the Far North

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Jacques Privat holds a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne and works as a translator of Scandinavian languages. In addition to his degrees from the Sorbonne and the Arctic Center of Paris, he has studied at INALCO in Paris, the Greenland Art School, and the Institut for Eskimologi in Copenhagen, Denmark. He lives in Paris.

Summary

Jacques Privat examines in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly 5 centuries by two Nordic colonies.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Privat
• Assisted by: Claude Lecouteux (Foreword)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2023
• EAN: 9781644114476
• ISBN: 978-1-64411-447-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 601 g
• Illustrations: Includes 8-page color insert and 36 b&w illustrations
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous