Iceland in Tolkien's Work? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalaith · 07-01-2007, 10:45 AM

Anarchic - perhaps. One of the main reasons Iceland was settled in the first place was because Norway was being brought under the rule of one king.
Some landowners and petty lords of the western Norwegian coast who could not brook such subjugation sailed away to newly discovered Viking territories in the west - the Faroes and Iceland.

07-01-2007, 10:45 AM	#8
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Anarchic - perhaps. One of the main reasons Iceland was settled in the first place was because Norway was being brought under the rule of one king. Some landowners and petty lords of the western Norwegian coast who could not brook such subjugation sailed away to newly discovered Viking territories in the west - the Faroes and Iceland. __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling