EN 2643 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Norse Cosmology, Viking Ships, Laurence Nowell
25 Jun 2017
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Split: eastern empire (governed by byzantium) & western empire (governed by rome) Dark ages : 526 ad - 1500 ad; illiteracy, disease, famine, huge step back for roman empire. Western empire latin: spoken in spain, italy, & gaul - each evolved it so much that today latin is an ancient language. Vikings: came from 3 countries of scandinavia: denmark, norway & sweden. Western empire: they invaded after it ended. Viking ships: knarr long sleep ships slipped through creeks of russia (why russia has blonde hair blue eyed"s today) 1497 ad: byzantium emperors being crowned until now (eastern empire end) Paganism: religious beliefs other than those of main world religions. Vikings: don"t follow heaven/hell but instead the world will be destroyed from the. Nal battle of the gods (vikings loved battles) Norse cosmology/mythology: nine worlds/realms uni ed by the world tree yggdrasil. Yggdrasil holds the fabrics of the universe together.
