Vikings are raiders that raid other ships and settled in the many parts of NorthWestern Europe in the 8th-11ths centuries. Vikings came from Scandinavia. Vikings were very good explores and very skilled seafarers. There raids were very scaresome. The Vikings ended when the raids stopped. The Vikings spoke old norse, old norse was Germanic language. Vikings eat fresh fruit and with buttered bread with a little honey on it. Vikings were about 5 ft-3/4in. The Vikings were famous for sailing huge distances from their home in Scandinavia between AD 800 and 1066 to raid and plunder, but they also traded with people from other countries.Vikings played Piggy in the Middle with rolled up bearskins.Vikings didn't wear horned helmets. Vikings used
In 8000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. the Vikings were the most powerful empire in ancient Europe. The Vikings were created and seen as Scandinavian people who were fierce and violent warriors. Also the Vikings daily life was adapting culture and utilizing their techniques. People thought the Vikings originated from raids and attacking other Europeans, but actually originated as Scandinavian fishers and Farmers.
The western Europeans were scared of Vikings for many reasons. One of the reasons they were scared of them is because they destroyed the Europeans' churches. This affected many people because, religion was a big part of people's lives and in some cases, monks were at the church so that means that their home was destroyed. Another reason the western Europeans were scared was that the Vikings were a very strong group of men and they could destroy any small, local village or town army. Also, the people were afraid of the Vikings because of their terrifying appearance
The Vikings were a group of Germanic sea dwellers who traded with and raided towns all across Europe out of their Scandinavian homeland. During the late 8th to 11th centuries they ruled all of Europe through their barbaric ways. Even other cultures outside of Europe saw the barbaric ways in which the Vikings acted towards the villages that they encountered. One such case of this was a Muslim Chronicler, Ibn Fadlan, recounting of the Vikings as “[T]he filthiest of God’s creatures.” While they were very savage in their actions, this very trait gave them the ability to be able to roam through and ravage an entire town fully unopposed and within a very miniscule timeframe.
When you think of Vikings you think of the blood thirsty pillages who plundered villages and killed many innocents. But the info presented shows that the Vikings were like every other colony back then trying to adapt to the changing world and survive in it. For example document seven says that the Vikings could not keep up with the growing population. This caused food shortages to be common problem which led into Viking raids. This would allow them to keep up with the demand for food.
The Old Norse Religion or Norse Paganism were practised traditions by the Norsemen prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, dating as far back to roughly 793-1066 CE. This religion was separated, and categorized into three different families; the Æsir, Vanir and Jotnar; these were all polytheistic groups. The Æsir tribe contained some of the best-known Norse Gods and goddesses such as Odin, Thor, Frigg, Tyr, Loki, Baldur, Heimdall, Idun, and Bragi1. These Gods represented kingship, order, craft, etc. The Vanir were Gods and Goddesses such as Freya, Freyr, Njord and the Germanic Goddess Nerthus.
(Shows a group of Vikings writing poems and painting) Vikings were not only feared as fierce and ruthless pirates, but depicted many talents with poems, lawmakers and great artists. (The monks- frightened away by the Vikings) (Mr Peabody showing that the Vikings- worshipped own gods) After time, converted into Christianity and rebuilt the churches that had once been burnt down. SHERMAN: (Creates a poem about Vikings and shares it with MR PEABODY during a scene)
In Viking society every freeman was expected to own a weapon and be familiar with its use. Weapons had a major impact on Viking society for many diverse reasons. Depending on what they could afford, every free Viking must have been able to use a weapon, a weapon like a spear was very common as it was cheap and easy to make and a weapon like a sword was only common to people with a higher social ranking and someone with more money. In the Viking culture honour played a very important role; any discouragement of honour was sorted through using weapons. As well as honour, pride was very important to the Vikings.
All the traits we think a viking would have are all misconceptions. That they were a savage, barbaric people who pillaged and plundered villages for their own amusement. They always were drinking, eating, and attacking people, and they liked to smell like a mix of body odor and beer. In their pillaging they took things of religious value for their own wealthy ambitions. The Vikings were no doubt savage warriors and raiders but they were also a civilization full of adventure, discovery, religion, and structure, They did not destroy European civilization; they enriched it.
As we have seen, the introduction of Christianity to the Vikings had significantly contributed to the end of the Viking Age in mid 11th Century, not only due to the persuasive Christian missionaries, and the realization of the benefits of Christianity, but also the forcible nature of Scandinavia king’s conversion of their subjects (which will be looked into in more detailed in due course). One must bear in mind that most of the evidence we have on the conversion of the Vikings is through archaeological excavations, as Gareth Williams explains that “we can see it in the archaeological evidences [that] Pagans buried their dead with grave goods, but Christians normally didn't, and this makes it relatively easy to spot the change in religion.”
Viking expansion in the early 8th to the late 11th century caused significant short and long-term impacts on Europe. One short-term impact of Viking expansion was the bloody raids that took place, allowing trade routes to be set up which distributed money through Europe,, the long-term impact of Norse words and their integration into modern-day languages, and the shipping technology that grant insight into aqua dynamics and allowed the evolution of the boat and for Vikings to travel quickly around vast bodies of water. Through our knowledge of Viking expansion, it is clear that they have had both short and long term impacts on Europe. A major short-term impact of Viking expansion was an increase in raiding and trading within Europe.
When the Vikings were around there were a lot less resources that are available as there are in today's time.
Viking long-ships were lean, speedy, lightweight ships that could easily cut through the most vicious waves that the ocean could throw at them. At the time, no other civilization had been able to achieve such an amazing naval feat, so this gave the Vikings a great advantage over medieval combat, political affairs, and even the trading industry. Since the ships were so fast, the ships were great for transportation of soldiers, or merchandise. “The Viking longboat was the key to the Vikings success in traveling.” (Legends and Chronicles, Paragraph 14).
To What Extent Can the Vikings Be Considered More Than Just Raiders? The Vikings were a civilisation from Scandinavia that lived between the 8th and 11th centuries. Over time, the Vikings have gained a reputation as being bloodthirsty savages. But exactly how much of the stereotypes are true?
Ravagers, Pirates, pagans: These words sums up the Vikings for the people who lived in europe during medieval times. Although the Vikings are seen as barbaric fighters, they brought many important technological inventions and had many achievements that made a great impact on european culture. The Vikings had great achievements in technology on a wide range of things, one of which is their weapon crafting skills. They were able to craft swords, spears, javelins, battle-axes, knives, bows, arrows, shields, and body armor with intricate designs (Lamoureux).
Around the years 800 A.D. Scandinavians left their homes in search for a better life elsewhere in large numbers. They were soon known as the famous Vikings or Norsemen (Northmen). Over a few centuries these men were known as killers, pirates, ruthless, raiders, traders, and finally settled in much of the European and British continent. The Vikings were not same people and all came from different lands and so called uncivilized places so they were uncivilized people.