Viking Conquests Flashcards
Why is 787 significant?
It was the year of the Viking attack in England
How might monks involvement in raids affect their account?
It could lead to exaggeration
Who forced the Viking leader Guthrie to surrender and become a Christian?
King Alfred
What was the area of eastern England that the Vikings could regard as their own as part of the peace treaty?
Danelaw
Who is believed to be the first European to set foot in North America?
Leif Ericsson
What is thought to have ended the Viking settling of North America?
Hostile attacks by the Indigenous people
In what three modern day countries were the three most dominant Viking kingdoms formed?
Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Where does the expression pay through the nose come from?
Slitting of the nose was the penalty for the non payment of taxes
How did the adoption of Christianity influence the Vikings social behaviour?
Attacks on Christian communities stopped altogether
Burial practices changed
Revenge killings stopped
Human sacrifices stopped
When did Viking raiders first settle in Northern England?
867
When did Alfred the Great make the treaty with Danish Vikings?
878
What was Danegeld?
Bribe money given to Vikings in Anglo Saxon England to stop raids
What significant event began centuries of uncertainty and terror for settlements near Viking homeland?
6 January 793, the raid on St Cutbert’s Monastery, Lindisfarne, England
What was the Viking aim from 865 onwards?
To conquer, not just raid and plunder
What did Vikings see plundering as?
An honourable way to get wealth and glory
