Viking Age

The daily life of a woman during the Viking Age, 800 AD-1066, is extremely different compared to the everyday routine of woman in modern day. If I was living during this period, I would already be married and starting a family, considering young girls were wed between the ages of 12-15. Females rarely were offered the option of choosing their spouse, as the arrangement of her marriage was the duty of a family member, typically the mother. Being a wife and mother came with big responsibilities. I…

their architecture. The time during which the Viking conducted widespread raids and wars was known as the Viking ages which Historians agree began in 793 and ended in 1066. However if the Vikings were dominant during this age in Europe what were the factors that lead to the end of this age? Throughout…

The Vikings were crazy people who stole and killed people; or were they? The Vikings were people from Scandinavia who sailed around the North Atlantic raiding, trading and spreading their culture. They made it known that they were great seamen, explores, and warriors because of their advanced navigation, spreading of economics, and warfare. The Vikings may seem as if they were terrible people, but had a significant impact on the world. The Viking age was a period from the late 8th century to…

portrayal of VIkings in modern media, it is hard to come up with an accurate representation of who the vikings were. Too often, many simply see Vikings who were barbarians who attacked coastal villages and monasteries for the pleasure of it. However, this is not the case; the Viking Age, which lasted from the 8th century CE to the 12th century CE, saw a time where the Viking culture and influence grew rapidly, and the Viking people spread throughout Europe and the North Atlantic. The Vikings…

The definition of the word “Viking” is any of the Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries. For thousands of years, people always thought of the Vikings as brutal pirates who robbed and destroyed everything in their path. The causes of these invasions remain unclear to this day. Some historians believe that overpopulation made the Scandinavians want to venture out of their homeland, while others believe it was simply the Vikings' great love for…

Who were the vikings? The term used for vikings is “Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.” Although this is the correct terminology for vikings, many people do not view them this way. Generally people view vikings as brutal, savage, unfeeling warriors who pillaged and burned with reckless restrain. This is not the entire story. While vikings were great warriors, they did not kill without a motive. They…

power and evolution of Scandinavian states in the later Viking period. The empire Cnut left behind spoke to many…

As seen in Modern-day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes, Modern Sweden keeps its Viking heritage alive by maintaining the same sense of solidarity within their community that the Vikings created. This started when the Swedes revolted against their Danish king, Christian II. After the king’s brutal rebuttal to the beginning of an uprising resulted in over eighty opposing noblemen murdered at a feast known as the “Stockholm Bloodbath,” the people of Sweden agreed to join…

Chapter 1: Myths and True Facts About the Vikings A Brief Overview About What Medieval Texts and Archeological Facts Have Taught Us. We have judged it fair to dedicate a chapter of the book to old perceptions about the Vikings that still exist today, even though these perceptions have been reshaped thanks to witnesses accounts and later on, archeological finds. When people think about the Vikings nowadays, they see tall blonde men with blue eyes and at the same time, they can help but assimilate…

Chapter 6: The influence of the Viking culture in Europe History has proven that when culture mix some tend to have a stronger impact on the others and in so giving birth to stronger new communities. The Vikings have proven that they were more than the barbarians they were described to be. Looting was not exclusive to them and their warrior culture and ethics perhaps contributed to the atrocities they committed (although there is nothing that can really justify that). The changes that occurred…