The Unification Of The Vikings

Again, one can not ignore the significance of Christianity here and its relations with politics, as Winroth further underlines that 'Unification goes hand in hand with conversion' . It is this unification of different tribes under a sole ruling kingdom that had greatly damaged the Vikings influential reign of terror over Europe, thus bringing the end of the Viking Age in the mid 11th Century. However, the conversion of the Vikings had given way for political manipulation, hence the formation of kingdoms and feudal societies, which were more appropriate and in line with the rest of European culture and society. In addition, we can infer from Winroth, that there appears to be a correlation between the creations of kingdoms and the conversion …show more content…
It was this ideology which had undermined the Vikings values of leadership therefore leading to the creation of more mature kingships which consolidated itself over Viking tribes.
Besides, the formation of kingdoms, Vikings also faced political difficulties and hostility, especially the case with the Greenlanders Norse. This hostility that the Greenlanders Norse were facing with their neighbors, the Inuit had also influenced the ending of the Viking Age. Unfortunately, to understand the interaction with the Greenlanders Norse and the Inuit, scholars can only turn to archaeological finds and research, again due to the nature of the way both cultures recorded information, or more accurately the lack of information recorded by both cultures. The hostility could be argued to have been stemmed from the Greenlanders Norse cultural and religious conservatism, which would have undoubtedly led them to believe that they were far more superior than the Inuit people, by viewing themselves as expert hunters and graced by civilization. Whereas, we can largely assume that the Greenlanders Norse would have seen the Inuit as a