Research Paper On Vikings

The vikings were a race of people from scandinavia. They lived during the medieval times. Vikings were never part of a unified group. Vikings didn’t recognize other vikings, and probably didn’t call themselves vikings. The term viking simply referred to all Scandinavians that took part in overseas expeditions. The viking tribes fought against each other whenever they weren’t wreaking havoc on foreign shores.

The Vikings were Norse seafarers, who mainly spoke the Old Norse language. They raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central and eastern Europe, during the 9th to 11th century. The Vikings originated from Scandinavia, and the beginning of the Vikings expansion often originates from the raid of the Lindisfarne Monetary on 8 June 793. The Vikings were the first Westerners to sail to Iceland, Greenland, and over to the New World. However, the story of the Vikings is also an important story for the development of the Christian world in the West. Throughout this essay, I will explain the importance of Viking religion, Viking trade, and how the Viking age had an impact on the way Western and

The Vikings were a group of Scandinavian raiders that were around from about the 8th century to the 11th. They mainly attacked the British Islands , the Frankish empire, England, but they also plundered places such as the Iberian peninsula and northern Africa. Vikings did not always settle into the places that they found, for instance after exploring North America they left the place never to return again. Even so, after landing on Greenland they colonized themselves there, and ancestors of the Vikings still live there today. So now that you know a little about the history of the Vikings lets go into detail about the specifics of the Viking age. (Peter Sawyer, Oxford Ill. History of the Vikings p. 1-19)

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The Vikings lived about one thousand years ago in the lands that we now call Iceland, Lapland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. To most people the Vikings were raiders that got in their longboats and sailed somewhere and then went from town to town killing and pillaging. This is not completely true, because the Vikings were also

1000, The Vikings were the first Europeans to sail to North America. Sailed from Scandinavia which is now in the countries Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. They need sailing west into North Atlantic. They found a settlement in Iceland. Erik the red the sailed to Greenland for further discovery. Leif Eriksson, following in his father's footstep sailed to Greenland from Norway. On the way, winds blow his ship off course into present day Canada. Then the other Vikings settled in NewFoundLand. Leif then went on to settle Vinland. There they were getting mauled by the natives and left due to the fact they couldn't get back up from the Vikings in other locations They didn’t come back to Vinland for another few centuries.

Viking history and culture have been depicted in many movies, television series, and stories. Vikings are commonly known as barbarians that raid villages and intimidate others with huge ships with dragon heads, and horned helmets. This information is based on facts, but has been distorted and exaggerated over many years and tales. Viking history spans from the years 780 until 1100, which is the time span of the Viking raids. Not every Scandinavian was a Viking; Vikings were known as the men that conducted raids and bloody battles. The old definition of Viking was synonymous with the term pirate. The modern definition is relevant to the Scandinavian medieval culture, to include farming, crafting and trading.

Viking expansion was caused by Christian churchmen, beginning with Alcuin, who attributed it to God’s doing. These men deemed the Viking raids punishment for religious laxity. However, an eleventh century Saxon cleric claimed that Viking expansion was actually the result of overpopulation and poverty in the Viking homeland. The Norse, or the Viking peoples, had gone to the Atlantic islands as landless sons, social outcasts, and political refugees because they were forced to leave their homes to search for opportunities elsewhere. The reason of Viking expansion is similar to that of the Europeans when they discovered and conquered the New World. The Viking emigration spread all over Europe, with the Danes spreading through Holland all the way down to Spain and in to the Mediterranean. The Swedes traveling east, across the Baltic

Vikings were also known to be excellent explorers. They would explore and take over much of Britain and the European continent, and parts of modern-day Russia, Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. “Nearly 500 years before the birth of Christopher Columbus” (trade in the Viking period, Natmus.dk) Viking sailors left

They were Norsemen from Scandinavia that left their homes to find riches in other parts of the world, Vikings is “named after a place called viken in the Oslo fjord.” They were around from A.D. 800 to the 11th century, they raided parts of Europe, Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland.

A long time ago from the late 8th century to mid 11th century, a large number of Scandinavians left their homes. They were known as Vikings or Norsemen. They raided, traded, crafted and they were settlers on much of the European continent as well as Greenland, Newfoundland, Russia and Iceland.

Come and take journey back into time where worlds collide, kingdoms fall, and armies rise. Perhaps the biggest clash of worlds has to be the Viking world versus eighth century Europe. Roger Collins says in his book Early Medieval Europe 300-1000 that there is no way to know if the Vikings raided Europe for specific reasons such as “overpopulation, climatic deterioration, or other ecological changes affecting Scandinavia”

One stormy night a group of Vikings were sailing to find more islands. All of the sudden a Huge ice Dragon exploded out of the ocean. Then it blasted a huge beam of ice out of it's mouth missing the boat but freezing the ocean. Then flew away. Some of the vikings were so scared that they died. All the survivors ran as fast as possible across the ice all of the sudden it was sunny and all the ice melted but it was still raining then they saw a big flame dragon in the sky. Then the other Dragon came back!! So the two dragons ended up fighting destroying the boat and a whole forest!! The vikings ran into a cave to hide. In the cave they saw bones and old torn clothes. The dragons blasted each other and the blast fired off to the other direction

The Vikings were Norsemen who set out on expeditions, often in ships, for trade or plunder. The word Viking eventually became a common word meaning sea-raider. Often the entire Norse people were referred to as Vikings. The life of a Viking was dangerous, but sometimes very rewarding. Vikings were warriors, farmers, merchants, and explorers. A Viking lived in a complex and sophisticated society that was based on more than violence and raids. A successful Viking had time to enjoy music, eat a variety of foods, and make and drink alcohol. As a Viking, you could trade with or explore distant lands. You might also enjoy silks and other exotic luxuries.

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