post-viking questions (fwd)

[clevin@ripco.com (Craig Levin)]

Poster: clevin@ripco.com (Craig Levin)

Kari Kyst:

> Greetings!  I have several questions-some from me, some from a new person who
> is beginning to research her persona.  Thank you in advance for your help.  1)
> What were the people called since they were no longer vikings?  2) Would it be
> unbelievable if explorers had brought back a Native American from North or
> South America?  2)  Can any of you think about a good source for finding info
> on the white slave trade?   am sure we will think of more later.  Feel free to
> respond privately.  In Service, Kari Kyst

1) Depends on which "them." If you mean Scandinavians, first off,
most of them weren't called Vikings in the first place. My few
dabblings in the subject indicate that they were usually called
Northmen. Also, it appears that some of their favorite victims
(like England) were able to differentiate Danes from the others
(hence Danelaw); this implies that the major Scandinavian ethnic
groupings were already around, as does the text of Beowulf. If,
on the other hand, you mean people who travel around and trade
when they can and raid when they can, there are any number of
names.

2) Columbus certainly brought a few folks back with him. The other
explorers followed suit. 

3) Modern or pre-modern? 

In Service,

Dom Pedro de Alcazar
Barony of Storvik, Atlantia
Drakkar Pursuivant
Argent, a tower purpure between 3 bunches of grapes proper
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