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793-1066

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-the viking age
- June 8 793
- ransacked the monastery on
Lindisfarne (england E. coast)
-the Vikings led their final invasion of England, led by Norwegian King Harald Hardrada.

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1000

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-vikings turned Christian
-sometimes cited as end of GE
-iceland converted first

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1151

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last christian crusade
on England

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1263

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-battle of larg
-Norway king Haakon
-Scot king Alex III
-Norwegian attack on Scots
-they repelled.

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Valhalla

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-viking heaven
-where killed warriors go
-under Odin
-if a besirker dies in battle with a sword, he goes to Valhalla

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saga

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-adventures and legends
-about vikings and their gods
-originally spoken for winter nights
-showed courage, boldness, and intelligence
-similar to Greek epics

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thing

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-town meeting
-democratic
-few weeks in summer
-punishments were harsh (banishment was the worst)
-accusers, defenders, witnesses, judges

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asgard

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-where human like gods lived
-lived in by many
-ruled by odin

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Odin

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-cunning, wise, dangerous
-ruled asgard
-sacrificed one eye to see everything
-god of war and death

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Thor

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-god of war, rain, farming
-vikings wore his hammer on a necklace as a good luck charm
-son of odin

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Ragnarok

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-twilight of the gods
-world would be destroyed
-vikings turned christian before it happened

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karl

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-free men
-largest group
-rented farmland
-wealth went to oldest son

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jarl

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-wealthy
-most powerful
-owned land
-usually had a small band of warriors

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primogeniture

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-vikings wealth went to his oldest son
-others had little to do
-others spent time raiding and adventuring

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Northman

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-vikings
-denmark, norway, sweden, iceland, scandinavia
-believed in norse gods then christianity

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Norman

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Norse

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-the North Germanic language of the Scandinavian people

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Lindasfarne

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-island off of E. coast of of England
-first place to ever be viking raided in 793
-shocked the english

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Monestary

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a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows

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drakkar

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-warship
-28 meter length
-300 in a fleet
-sleek and light
-60 oars
-expensive
-only a few inches
into water

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knarr

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-sturdy
-cargo ship
-16 meters long
-rough sea
-fixed mast

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berserker

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-skilled and crazy warroir
-sometimes did mushrooms

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clinker

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-the planks were overlapped at one edge and riveted together

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prow

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-the forward-most part of a ship’s bow above the waterline. -dragon headed drakkar

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cross hatch

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-sails had them. -to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines

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mast

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pole that rises vertically from a ship and supports the sails

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sail

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-fabrics that propel a ship through water. -red crosshatched leather NOT STRIPED

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keel

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-ridge on bottom of vessel to help with stability
-made from oak

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leif erickson

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-Lief Erikkson
and other Viking explorers used this type of ship on their voyages to North America.
-exiled for murder
-used it to explore
-knarr

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kenning

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-colorful metaphor used in EDDAS

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Gods

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Thor, Loki, Odin. Tyr, Baldr

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bayauex tapestry

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-The Tapestry tells the story of the events surrounding the conquest of England by the Duke of Normandy.
-bishop odo in 1077

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last viking

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-harald hadrada
-king of norway
-fought in battle of stamford bridge (25 sept 1066)
-wanted english throne
-earl tosting

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battle of hastings

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oct 1066
french under anglo saxons
norman’s under william duke
norman’s won

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scandinavia

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Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
region in europe

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great army

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3 sons
865
fleet
Found king of northumbria in 869
led br Ragnar Lodbrok

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danegeld

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weak king ethelred have vikings money to leave, but they kept coming back for more money. raised by taxes.

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danelaw

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place where danes that had been chrisitasnized lived in their own customs

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summer

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alfred the great

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defeated danes at battle of eddington in 877 led by guthrum

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futhark

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language in runes

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thralls

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slaves
farm workers or house keepers or craftsmen
captured in war

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althing

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nationwide thing
every 2-3 years

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tried by ordeal

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guilt or innonece was proved. by a painful test

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wergeld

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the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family.

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sweyn forkbeard

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invaded england in 1013
got english throne surrendered
cnuts dad

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