Nordic Period

In Archipelagan historiography, the Nordic Period refers to the period of time between the first Norse raid in the Rift in 186 until the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Karelia in 497. The Nordic Period saw a major shift from the Tartaric Period, as Norse and, to a lesser extent, Karelian raiders stretched their activities across the Archipelago, in contrast to the smaller, more localised, land-based tribal raiding that occurred in the two centuries after the fall of the Old Empire. This raiding, while destructive in many areas, ultimately resulted in established connections between many areas of the Archipelago, leading to the trading of ideas, religion, and new goods.

The Nordic Period also saw the revival of literature in the Archipelago, first with the Sailor's Edda by Egil Thorfinnsson in 422.