Dr. Eleanor Barraclough

More than one. I can't remember. It's not good. So he's outlawed and he goes off to Iceland, settles there. And he marries Tjordhildur, his wife, and they have a family. But then it's not long before he's in trouble again. And this is such an embarrassing story. Basically, he gets into a... an argument with his neighbour about some bench boards, which are kind of carved decorative panels.

More than one. I can't remember. It's not good. So he's outlawed and he goes off to Iceland, settles there. And he marries Tjordhildur, his wife, and they have a family. But then it's not long before he's in trouble again. And this is such an embarrassing story. Basically, he gets into a... an argument with his neighbour about some bench boards, which are kind of carved decorative panels.

And everything goes downhill very fast. And once again, he finds himself outlawed, this time from Iceland, because of some killings.

And everything goes downhill very fast. And once again, he finds himself outlawed, this time from Iceland, because of some killings.

So the saga. So we're back with those two Vinland sagas. Yeah. Saga of the Greenlanders, the Saga of the Reds. They give slightly different accounts. According to the Saga of the Greenlanders, the first person to cite land to the west of Greenland is a merchant called Bjarni. He gets blown off course. Often discoveries happen because people have just got lost at sea.

So the saga. So we're back with those two Vinland sagas. Yeah. Saga of the Greenlanders, the Saga of the Reds. They give slightly different accounts. According to the Saga of the Greenlanders, the first person to cite land to the west of Greenland is a merchant called Bjarni. He gets blown off course. Often discoveries happen because people have just got lost at sea.

But he doesn't explore it and the sagas are not very pleased about this. Basically, everyone criticises him because he's shown a lack of curiosity, which is sort of not a Viking thing to do. And then later Leif goes back and finds the land.

But he doesn't explore it and the sagas are not very pleased about this. Basically, everyone criticises him because he's shown a lack of curiosity, which is sort of not a Viking thing to do. And then later Leif goes back and finds the land.

No, he's fine. But it's just like, oh, okay, you didn't set foot on that. All right.

No, he's fine. But it's just like, oh, okay, you didn't set foot on that. All right.

So the sagas are extremely passive-aggressive, yeah. They'll just say, she slightly changed colour, and that means she's absolutely furious.

So the sagas are extremely passive-aggressive, yeah. They'll just say, she slightly changed colour, and that means she's absolutely furious.

Well, I should say, not just he, but his followers and the main discoveries, once again, in both sagas are made by enslaved people. So one is called Tyrkir and the others are two sort of Scottish slaves called Haki and Hekia. And they basically find, so, well, before they get to Vinland, they find other lands.

Well, I should say, not just he, but his followers and the main discoveries, once again, in both sagas are made by enslaved people. So one is called Tyrkir and the others are two sort of Scottish slaves called Haki and Hekia. And they basically find, so, well, before they get to Vinland, they find other lands.

And then they come to this region, which they call Vinland because of the sort of the wild grapes there. The weather is fine. The winters are mild. There's salmon. There's all sorts of nice things. And they think, great, this works. And so they build some temporary houses there. How lovely, yeah. Yeah, and they call them Leifsboothier, which means kind of like Leifsbooths, Leifshouses.

And then they come to this region, which they call Vinland because of the sort of the wild grapes there. The weather is fine. The winters are mild. There's salmon. There's all sorts of nice things. And they think, great, this works. And so they build some temporary houses there. How lovely, yeah. Yeah, and they call them Leifsboothier, which means kind of like Leifsbooths, Leifshouses.

No.

No.

Oh, yeah, they are amazing.

Oh, yeah, they are amazing.