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Westward from Vinland: An Immigrant Saga by Hjalmar Holand
David M. Krueger
in Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780816696918
- eISBN:
- 9781452952444
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816696918.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Chapter One outlines the immediate aftermath of Ohman’s discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone in 1898 and also situates the rune stone in the history of Scandinavian immigrant fascination with ... More
Our Lady of the Runestone and America’s Baptism with Catholic Blood
David M. Krueger
in Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780816696918
- eISBN:
- 9781452952444
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816696918.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Chapter Four illustrates how Catholics interpreted the runic inscription to contain a prayer to the Blessed Mother, the first of which uttered in North America. This assertion helped church leaders ... More
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