Vikings Flashcards
First Vikings’ raid on England
793
Monastery attacked by vikings
Lindisfarne
reason for vikings adding england to empire and migrating
economic reasons
pull factor vikings
good-quality farming land
push factor vikings
hard to grow crops in scandinvia/overcrowded/only eldest sons inherited land
Viking Leader Ragnar executed
860
viking invasion force, as a result of ragnar execution
Great heathen army 856-878
viking invasion, all but wessex defeated
865
king of wessex
Alfred the great
battle of edington, vikings defeated
878
area of england alfred allowed vikings to rule
danelaw
alfred during his reign
build defences/buhrs, fair laws, encouraged english language
king of the english
alfred the great
why was alfred great
saved anglo-saxon england from viking domination, forged english identity
consequence of danelaw
century of peace, coexistence of english and danes
king aethelred the unready
978
battle of maldon, viking army let by sven forbeard attacked
991
aethelred’s bribe to english, led to more attacks
danegeld
3300kg of silver given to vikings, british taxed
991
aethelred marries emma of normandy, to form alliance
1002
St Brice’s Day Massacre, murder all vikings in england
1002
Sven Forkbeard conquers england after st brice’s day massacre
1013
aethelred becomes king again, still fighting
1014
aethelred dies
1016
aethelred’s replacement
aethelred’s son edmund, then king cnut
appeal of england to cnut
rich area involved in trade, religious man
cnut marries emma of normandy to strengthen relations
1017
cnut’s inheritance from brother
inherited denmark and norway
why is cnut great
peaceful period, england grew wealthy
impact of vikings
contributed to language
Cnut and sons died, edward the confessor becomes king
1042
son of emma of normandy and aethelred
edward the confessor
edward the confessor died
1066
1066 - good soldier most powerful man in england
harold godwinson
1066 - claimed he was promised the throne and supported by harold godwinson
william duke of normandy
viking ruler of norway whose family ruled england in past
harald hadrada
edward’s nephew and relative, teenager
edgar aetheling
who was chosen as king in 1066
harold godwinson, left william duke of normandy furious
godwinson beats vikings
Battle of Stamford Bridge
william beat harold in what invasion
battle of hastings 1066
william crushed resistance and became king
1066
how did william keep control in his reign
dividing english land and gave to barons, built over 500 castles
what did an uprising in the north lead to in 1069-70
harrying of the north - villages and crops destroyed, 100,000 died in famine
reason for norman invasion and migration in england
political reasons
impact of the normans
built castles, architecture, french, feudal system
william the conquerer died
1087
william the conquerers replacements
his won william ii, then henry i