Posted on 04/15/2018 8:46:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A series of Earth-shattering volcanic eruptions in Iceland during the Middle Ages may have spurred the people living there to turn away from their pagan gods and convert to Christianity, a new study finds. The discovery came about thanks to precise dating of the volcanic eruptions, which spewed lava about two generations before the Icelandic people changed religions. But why would volcanic eruptions turn people toward monotheism? The answer has to do with the "Voluspa," a prominent medieval poem that predicted a fiery eruption would help lead to the downfall of the pagan gods, the researchers said. Historians have long known that the Vikings and Celts settled Iceland in about A.D. 874, but they were less certain about the date of the Eldgjá lava flood, the largest eruption to hit Iceland in the past few millennia. Knowing this date is crucial, because it can tell scientists whether the eruption -- a colossal event that unleashed about 4.8 cubic miles (20 cubic kilometers) of lava onto Greenland -- impacted the settlement there, the researchers said. To investigate, the researchers examined ice core records. Their results showed that the eruption took place less than 100 years after people settled the island. The volcano began gushing lava in the spring of A.D. 939 and lasted, at least episodically, until the autumn of 940, the researchers said... The finding matches medieval chronicles from Ireland, Germany and Italy that noted the spread of a haze in 939. Moreover, the tree-ring data revealed that in A.D. 940, the Northern Hemisphere had one of its coldest summers in the previous 1,500 years -- a cold shift consistent with the release of large amounts of volcanic sulfur into the atmosphere, the researchers said.
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OK, now they need to explain why the article says, “the eruption — a colossal event that unleashed about 4.8 cubic miles (20 cubic kilometers) of lava onto Greenland —” when the story is about Iceland???
Of course, by then they had conquered the Danelaw and Normandy. And Ragnar had stolen and bestowed on Lagertha just about anything a gal could want.
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the Laki keyword:
How rifting occurs in Iceland. Explanations regarding the recent earthquake swarm
https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/how-rifting-occurs-in-iceland-explanations-regarding-the-recent-earthquake-swarm/
https://volcanocafe.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/100416193630-large.jpg
Wonder whats going on in Iceland?
https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/iceland-links/
https://volcanocafe.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/10dxnhc.jpg
LOVE or the Library Of Volcanic Eruptions
https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/love-or-the-library-of-volcanic-eruptions/
https://volcanocafe.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/camera-album-381-e1382608140686.jpg
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