Vikings

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Vikings
  1. Who, When, Where
    1. Image=
      1. brutal
        1. Pagan
          1. Cruel
            1. plundering barbarians
              1. blonde/red hair
                1. long hair
                  1. warriors
                  2. 800CE-1066CE
                    1. in Scandinavia
                    2. Viking society
                        1. Men
                          1. coming of age 12
                            1. jobs
                              1. boatbuilder
                                1. farmer
                                  1. blacksmith
                                    1. artisan
                                      1. chief/nobel
                                        1. king
                              2. all free men had a vote
                                1. Most men were warriors
                                  1. was a noble duty
                                2. Children
                                  1. brought up to take parents role
                                    1. girls=sewing, farming
                                      1. boys=warriors, craftsmen, farmer
                                      2. Women
                                        1. no vote
                                          1. allowed a divorce
                                            1. shield maidens
                                            2. Farms
                                              1. farmland wasnt fertile
                                                1. oats, barley, peas, beans
                                                  1. hunted fish, reindeer, bears
                                                  2. Government
                                                    1. Free men assembly at the Thing
                                                      1. on laws/policies
                                                        1. or discussed general issues
                                                          1. Then voted on actions to occur in community
                                                            1. This was reported to the king or chief
                                                  3. Religion
                                                    1. Norse mythology
                                                      1. Polytheistic
                                                        1. Myths which explained the world
                                                          1. When you died you would go to Hel
                                                            1. Unless you died in battle
                                                              1. Then you would go to Vallhulla
                                                                1. In Asgard
                                                                  1. The magical place were the gods lived above midgard
                                                                    1. Here you would train for the battle at the end of the world
                                                                      1. Spend days training and nights feasting
                                                              2. In the underworld
                                                              3. Gods had emotions and stories and marriages
                                                                1. Odin=father of the gods + Fjorgyn
                                                                  1. Thor=god of thunder + Sif=goddess of war
                                                                    1. Bragi+Idun=goddess of spring
                                                                      1. Freya
                                                                        1. Goddess of beauty and love
                                                                        2. Frey
                                                                          1. Goddess of feritlity
                                                                        3. Loki=god of mischief +Angroboda
                                                                          1. Hel
                                                                            1. Jormungandr
                                                                              1. Fenrir
                                                                          2. Longships
                                                                            1. Keel
                                                                              1. backbone
                                                                                1. allowed ships to be shallow, wide
                                                                                  1. Better in rough waves
                                                                                    1. made it lighter
                                                                              2. Clinker construction
                                                                                1. overlapping planks
                                                                                  1. wood
                                                                                    1. waterproofing
                                                                                2. Sail
                                                                                  1. wool
                                                                                    1. coated with animal fat
                                                                                      1. protects sail from salty air
                                                                                        1. could lower sail
                                                                                          1. turn boat into right direction
                                                                                  2. Steering oar
                                                                                    1. connected to sail
                                                                                      1. moves sail
                                                                                        1. moves boat
                                                                                    2. oars
                                                                                      1. row
                                                                                        1. makes
                                                                                          1. speed
                                                                                            1. better direction
                                                                                              1. get closer to shore
                                                                                                1. and leave faster
                                                                                          2. Types
                                                                                            1. Knarr
                                                                                              1. merchant ships
                                                                                                1. long voyage ships
                                                                                                  1. wider, more space
                                                                                                  2. Longship
                                                                                                    1. military uses
                                                                                                2. Lindisfarne
                                                                                                  1. Seen as beginning of Viking Age
                                                                                                    1. First major raid
                                                                                                      1. 798CE
                                                                                                        1. 3 ships from Norway attacked moastry
                                                                                                          1. took monks for slaves
                                                                                                            1. took treasures for own wealth
                                                                                                          2. Monks only ones to create sources
                                                                                                            1. created brutal, pagan, animal like view of Vikings
                                                                                                          3. Raiders, Traders or Settlers
                                                                                                              1. Motives
                                                                                                                1. Raiding
                                                                                                                  1. Desired revenge against Christians
                                                                                                                    1. Desire to die in battle
                                                                                                                      1. Greed- stealing riches from monastries
                                                                                                                        1. Knew they could win
                                                                                                                  2. Trading
                                                                                                                    1. Set up merchant towns
                                                                                                                      1. Driven by desire to sell wool, skins, tuscks
                                                                                                                    2. Settling
                                                                                                                      1. Population growth-needed more land
                                                                                                                        1. Land was not fertile
                                                                                                                          1. Famine
                                                                                                                            1. try to discover places as fame came with it
                                                                                                                    3. How could they go so far?
                                                                                                                      1. Skilled ship builders
                                                                                                                        1. Intimate knowledge of the sea
                                                                                                                          1. Good navigators
                                                                                                                            1. Different purposes for different ships
                                                                                                                    4. Timeline
                                                                                                                      1. 789CE- First recorded raid on England
                                                                                                                        1. 793CE- Raid on Lindisfarne
                                                                                                                          1. 789-819CE- Vikings control North/Eastern England
                                                                                                                            1. 886CE- Alfred the Great established peace treatey
                                                                                                                              1. Vikings only allowed in the Danelaw
                                                                                                                                1. Prosperity and peace but decline in power and new attacks by the Danish on Vikings
                                                                                                                                  1. Vikings become more english
                                                                                                                                    1. 910CE- Alfred's son Edward controls the Danelaw
                                                                                                                                      1. 1013- Svein was King
                                                                                                                                        1. 1016-1035- son Cnut was King
                                                                                                                                          1. 1042- Edward the Confessor
                                                                                                                                            1. 1066CE
                                                                                                                                              1. Harold Godwinson, earl of Wessex became King
                                                                                                                                                1. Norwegian Vikings led by Hardrada in the North
                                                                                                                                                  1. Harold marches North for Battle of Standford Bridge where Vikings die and Harold wins
                                                                                                                                                    1. Harold marches south and lose to William of Normandy
                                                                                                                                                2. no children
                                                                                                                                2. Legacies
                                                                                                                                  1. Some English words come from Norse language such as
                                                                                                                                    1. Sky
                                                                                                                                      1. Anger
                                                                                                                                        1. Awkward
                                                                                                                                          1. cake
                                                                                                                                            1. die
                                                                                                                                              1. dirt
                                                                                                                                                1. Knife
                                                                                                                                                  1. Law
                                                                                                                                                    1. mistake
                                                                                                                                    2. Viking Mythology has influenced books such as Lord of the rings
                                                                                                                                      1. Evidence of Viking democracy is in English political systems
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