This article addresses the history of the Faroe Islands.
Irish monksThe archipelago was probably discovered in the 5th century by Irish monks, who settled on the Faroe Islands from 625 at Sumba, the southern cape of the southernmost island of Suðuroy. Around the place, archaeological finds have been made from that time, and on the island of Mykines it has been proved that the oats were rebuilt at the time, but only a small settlement was required. The monks lived a simple retired existence. Vikings
The Vikings would set foot for the first time in 795, finding the Irish monks. Uncertain is whether they have expelled the monks, or they returned and the monks left their islands afterwards, partly to Iceland. The Liberal Manura Orbis Terra of the Irish Monk Dicuil is known that in 825 Norway went again to land and only sheep left by the monks and seabirds. In the sheep the island group also derived its name from the Faroe Islands, which is Oudnoords for the Schaene Islands; in the Faroe Islands, which has developed from the Old Norse and is spoken on the islands today, this is Føroyar.
The next two centuries are known as the "Viking Age on the Faroe Islands"; The most important source for this is the Faroe Islands saga (Faroe Islands: Føroyinga søga), written in the 13th century by an Icelandic citizen, possibly a pupil of Snorri Sturluson. In the saga, the settlement of mainly Vikings originated from Norway, which escaped the iron grip of Harald Mooihaar, until the Christmas eve of the islands around the transition from the tenth to the eleventh century. During this time, the Faroese Parliament or Althing, the forerunner of the current Løgting, was established as a national council. The acceptance of Christianity as a state religion by the Althing in 999 applies as a transition of Germanic paganism to Christianity; Finally, the Faroe Islands became a diocese around 1100, with Kirkjubøur as its seat. The Faroe Islands as seen by the French seaman Yves de Kerguelen Trémarec in 1767. Under Norway
From 1035 the Faroe Islands belonged to Norway, which is considered as the end of the Viking era. Also see
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