VIKINGS IN AMERICA? who am I? Voyage to a new land The Vikings loved their stories – “sagas” – good to fill in the time in those long‚ dark winters. For a long time historians have known of stories which appear to describe Vikings traveling to America‚ although not everyone was convinced it really happened. We are going to take a closer look at the evidence‚ and investigate this for ourselves. Let’s start with a primary source‚ an extract from one of those ancient sagas: We join Leif Eriksson
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Vikings There are overabundances of ways people describe Vikings: rude‚ uncomely‚ bloodthirsty‚ hotheaded‚ and malicious. They are always depicted as such: sailing to war‚ pillaging villages‚ burning fields. Few average people have taken their time to actually analyze the ‘frothing beasts.’ It is proven through even the most superficial research that almost every attribute that today’s civilized world apply to Vikings fall short of the peoples’ true selves. Vikings are often portrayed on warships
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The Vikings Art and Culture At first thought of the Vikings‚ the comic strip “Hagar the Horrible” comes to mind. As this is probably not a good basis for reference‚ it still can give slight glimpse‚ if not a distorted one‚ of the Viking culture. As for Viking art‚ a more in depth search must be done‚ for “Hagar” was unfortunately not actually made by the Vikings. The Viking culture was a primitive one of agriculture‚ hunting‚ and fishing. Families lived on farms together and were a tight
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Vikings- Civilised or Not? Vikings; expert traders‚ craftsmen‚ raiders and warriors‚ came from the area known as Scandinavia. Scandinavia is a region in Europe which the Vikings lives and dominated. It consists of Norway‚ Sweden and part of northern Finland. They were masters of the sea with their great navigation and marine technology. Tools of which they used to raid plunder and slaughter the civilisation of far lands‚ separated by great and vast seas. Vikings are often portrayed as ruthless
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infants". Above are a few of the terms used by the Constantinople patriarch Photius to describe Vikings and their actions; but similarly horrific descriptions of the Vikings are to be found in numerous sources‚ Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh and the writings of Alcuin of Lindisfarne to name just two. To a large extent this image remains‚ even today‚ the stereotypical image of Scandinavians during the "Viking Age". However this is a very one-sided view‚ and ignores the full picture. A society where everyone
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The Vikings Vikings were forcible warriors and went through a difficult time. The Vikings have a history of who were the Vikings‚ the raids and invasion they would have to go through and to what they would eat. Several people don’t have a clue who the Vikings are and several people might think it’s the National Football League the Minnesota Vikings. Their history is fascinating to read and find out what they’re about. The weapons‚ food and everything they did is so astonishing because no one would’ve
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Essay 2 The Viking Age Before gaining a clearer understanding of the term: Viking‚ the first impression that may came to mind‚ could be a plethora of simplified notions. Mine was: “Seafaring Barbarians”. My interpretation of the Vikings was that of a nautical savage people who were characterized as more violent‚ and intolerant than any other people of their time‚ wanting nothing more than to wreak havoc on an otherwise civilized world. I wasn’t even completely sure where they exactly came
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In 844 AD a Viking fleet attacked Nantes‚ Toulouse‚ Gijon‚ Lisbon and Seville‚ where they were defeated by the Moors and forced to retreat back to Aquitaine . The attacks on Paris began in 848 AD‚ where the city was looted. Paris was once again attacked by the raiders three more times during the 860s‚ where the Vikings left exclusively after collecting enough riches from the city or bribes from the authorities. These series of attacks led the French leaders to fortify the city and build wooden bridges
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What factors led to the decline of the Viking Empire? The decline of the Viking Empire can be attributed to a number of factors. Christianity‚ disease‚ in-fighting and a new found degree of comfort and contentment with their lives in new settlements. My first factor of the Vikings decline I would like to bring up is Christianity. The Vikings were very quick to adapt to Christianity‚ as they believed in many gods so it was no problem to accept the Christian god along with their own. They came
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Page 1 of 19 Courtship‚ Love and Marriage in Viking Scandinavia Part I -- Forward and Introduction Forward Some time ago‚ some friends of mine came to me and asked me to tell them how a Viking wedding was conducted. Although I write a column entitled"The Viking Answer Lady" for my local SCA newsletter‚ I hadn ’t a clue as to the answer. When I turned to the sagas‚ they didn ’t tell me‚ either. Thus began the start of a massive research project that has produced the work you are about to read. The
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