What Lars Brownworth has said about Norse colonization of North America
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 9, 2026
Lars Brownworth, American historian, author of The Sea Wolves and The Normans, and creator of the 12 Byzantine Rulers podcast, has been quoted on Norse colonization of North America once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on April 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Brownworth lists the Norse refusal to abandon husbandry as the first reason Vinland was abandoned, along with distance and native resistance.
“The first is they stubbornly refuse to give up husbandries. They're trying to make this work”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:20:52
Episodes
#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking AgeLex Fridman Podcast · Apr 9, 2026 · 2 h 10 min
Historian Lars Brownworth tells Lex Fridman about the Viking Age, from Lindisfarne and Ragnar Lothbrok to Normandy, Vinland, the Varangian Guard and the Byzantine Empire.
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