Viking Age 750 to 1400 CE
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Viking Age 750 to 1400 CE
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The Viking Age was a time of transition and upheaval in
Scandinavia.
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Raids were conducted as a matter of survival, not out of a love of violence.
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The Vikings were fierce warriors.(But they never wore horned helmets!)
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The Vikings’ most notorious attack: Lindisfarne Monastery,
England, 793
Church centers and monasteries = major sources of wealth at this time
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Frightened monks likely exaggerated
and dramatized events
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The Vikings were not just warriors. They were also master craftsmen,
shrewd businessmen, and fearless explorers.
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Viking raiders returned home with foreign slaves, new materials, and
revolutionary ideas.
The Vikings’ activities stimulated political change in Europe and
Russia.
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The Vikings explored North America 500 years before Columbus.
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Viking settlement in North America:L’Anse aux Meadows
Newfoundland, Canada
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Sagas =innovative literature that blended Viking oral poetry and storytelling
with Christian and Irish written traditions
Erik the Red - Greenland
Leif Eriksson - Vinland
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End of the Viking Era
It’s a bit of a mystery, but the end probably came as a result of tired
Vikings who had become citizens of many places in Europe.
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Vikings’ greatest impacts:
connecting peoples in distant places, finding new horizons, using new technology,
and encouraging cultural diffusion