Vikings In The Middle Ages

Vikings in the Middle Ages
Take that Christopher Columbus; the Vikings landed in America first. The Vikings were ruthless, nomadic, people. Despite being known as warriors, they were smart inventors. Religion was a tremendous part in daily Viking life. From 800, to 1066 A.D., the Vikings raided cities and towns all over Europe. In that time period, many Scandinavians left their homelands, to seek their fortune elsewhere, and joined them. The Vikings were famous for traveling massive distances. Not only did they raid and plunder, but they also traded with people from many other countries. The Scandinavian warriors known as Vikings or Norsemen (“Northmen”), began by raiding coastal sites. Undefended monasteries, in the coast of Europe were
Viking men spent most of their time farming. Although they are known for being fighters, most of them did not have swords. Despite the myth, Vikings did not wear horned helmets. In the 19th century, the only Viking helmet ever found had no horns. Boats took an enormous part in their daily life, to the extent that they even buried them. In the trading market for slaves, the Vikings were considered one of the most active groups. The Norsemen people is the term used to define the Vikings of Denmark. Vikings lasted less than 300 years, but still left a mark on the world. But the Vikings were not just fighters, some were the most skilled seamen of their
In A.D. 793, the Lindisfarne monastery (off the coast of Northumberland, in northeastern England) was attacked, this began the Viking Age. The Norwegian culprits who sailed directly across the North Sea did not destroy the monastery fully, but the raid shook the European religious world to its essence. Unlike others, these bizarre new invaders had no appreciation for religious institutions such as the monasteries. Often the Monasteries were left defenseless and very accessible near the shore. In A.D. 793, the Vikings raided the unprotected island monastery, Skye. Two years later in A.D. 795, they attacked another exposed, undefended, island, monastery named Iona. The first recorded invasion in continental Europe was in the island monastery of St. Philibert. The raid was on Noirmoutier, near the estuary of the Loire River and came in 799 A.D. For many decades, the Vikings restrained themselves to hit and run attacks against seaside destinations. The most common seaside destination was the British Isles (mainly Ireland) and Europe. The trading center, Dorestan, which is 80 kilometers from the North Sea, became an often target after 830 A.D. The Vikings took advantage of internal conflicts in Europe to lengthen their raids and fighting further and further inland. The emperor of Frankia (modern-day France and Germany Louis the Pious, died in 840 A.D. After his death, his son Lothar actually invited the support of a Viking fleet in a power struggle