Open AccessThe Evangelization of the Arctic in the Middle Ages: Gardar, the "Diocese of Ice"
Author(s) -
Rey Louis
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
arctic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1923-1245
pISSN - 0004-0843
DOI - 10.14430/arctic2215
Subject(s) - arctic , saint , the arctic , history , little ice age , physical geography , geography , geology , oceanography , climate change , art history
The author outlines the history of the evangelization of Greenland from the days of Saint Brendan until the loss of communication with the area in the 1400's apparently through worsening climate. The author includes letters from two popes of Rome expressing anxiety for the fate of the Christian Greenlanders.
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