Saga of Gisli the Outlaw: Window into the Viking World
The Saga of Gisli Sursson, or Gisli the Outlaw â believed to have been written sometime in the thirteenth century â is an exceptional window into the Viking world during a period of profound and rapid change.
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Aud the Deepminded, Daughter of Ketill, Flees Scotland with her Grandchildren  Â
Accounts conflict as to why Ketill (BjĂśrnsson) Flatnose, a Viking chieftain from Romsdal and the father of his âtall and portlyâ yet wisely regal second daughter, Aud the Deepminded, left Norway for the Hebrides (SuĂ°reyjar) in the years of Harald Fairhairâs rise to power.
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Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir: Transatlantic Traveler of Viking Frontiers
During her lifetime Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir (GuĂ°rĂĂ°ur ĂorbjarnardĂłttir, 980-1050), the daughter of Icelandic chieftain, Thorbjorn of Laugarbrekka, Iceland, travelled to Greenland, North America, Norway, and perhaps even Rome as a pilgrim. Legend has it her father would not permit her to marry an early suitor because he was the son of a slave.
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