Vikings Flashcards
When was the Viking Age born ?
793 AD
What did the Vikings first do when they arrived in England and why ?
Raid on christian monastery of Lindisfarme on the North East coast of Englais, the pagan raiders ( pilleurs paiens ) know full well the monasteries hold great riches, great unprotected riches.
What was the new prayer that appeared at the time
“ Lord protected us from the fury of the men of the North “
What are the three assumptions that are not true concerning the Vikings?
they never fear fog, they take advantage of, Nor did the viking ever wear those horned helmets, Most are farmers and not all fearsome sea-faring warriors
What were they looking for when they set foot ( enter or to arrived ) in England?
fame, new land and new riches
Where were they from?
norway sweden and denmark
What kind of ship did raiders use?
Viking warriors and raiders sailed aboard revolutionary longship whose dragon-shaped prow heads inspired terror = Drakkar ships.
What were the ships that traders use? Describe them.
Vikings traders, explorers and settlers used a different types of ship called the Nar. It was made deeper and wider to carry goods, livestocks and people accros the ocean
When did they establish a kingdom? How long did they stay?
866 - Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England ( North ). They remained in england up to 1066. So from 866 to 1066 = about 2 centuries
Explain what the Danelaw and Danegeld were.
Danelaw = old English. It is the historical name given to the part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Dans dominated those of Anglo-sacios. The part of britain which was part of the danelaw is now northern and easter England
Denegel = taxes raided to pay tribute to the vikings raiders to save a land from being ravaged
When did the Danes first conquer then rule England?
1013 - The Danes conquer England; Æthelred flees to Normandy.
1016 - The Danes under Knut (Canute) rule England but in 1042 an Anglo-saxons king was back on the throne of England
what other sources can provide evidence of the Vikings’ settlement in Britain?
Archaeology, study of place names and language ( egg, ball, awe or root ), DNA analysis ( genetic )
What does the author of the article deplore about the written sources?
They are limited and most of them are inventions from the nineteenth-century and they spread some fake popular ideas. ( stereotype )
the value of the written evidence is limited : uninformative or unreliable
Why is the ‘Viking Age’ considered as part of the ‘Dark Ages’?
no contemporary written sources so it’s seen as part of prehistory : few historical records have survived.
a few = some, quite a few = a lot and ( just ) few = not many
Runes:
a. What sort of written inscriptions were they?
fairly short inscription on large memorial stones, achievement of the person commemorated, they refer to historical events thanks to they recits of achievement to the person ( eulogy - who died, we can know when or where a battle started or who won
