Who was the best of them all? The Vikings were a very strong civilization because of their economy. Their economy was wealth because they had skilled warriors and traders, and owned much land.
The original Vikings were from settlements in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Vikings were fierce barbarian-like men. They were very skilled fighters, merchants, farmers, and craftsmen. The year of 789 a.d. marked the beginning of the Viking age, or “terror of Europe.” Vikings had started attacking Northern Europe. In 793 a.d., they raided and looted a monastery on the island of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of England. The raid was recorded by an escaping monk, and has the picture of angry men killing the monks. Scotland and Ireland were their …show more content…
There was the most common and known; the king. Kings were fierce warriors that had proved themselves through war or raids. Kings ruled over other civilizations that they conquered.(Margeson,Anderson pg.10,11) Back in Scandinavia, Viking settlements were ruled by Things and/or Nobles. Things ruled over the more earlier progressed settlements. A thing, was a two part system that consisted of a Lower and Upper Thing. The Upper Thing held meetings with the citizens, or free people, could vote in those meetings. The Lower Thing, managed the money and finances of the settlement and checked in on the people from time to time. Nobles were wealthy landowners that ruled their settlement through wealth and power. (Margeson,Anderson pg. …show more content…
In a Viking family, kids didn't go to school. The children usually worked in the fields or the family's workshop. The Viking boys usually became men when they were sixteen, because that was the age they could go to war. While the Viking men weren't at war or raiding, they got jobs such as being a miner, merchant, farmer, shipbuilder, craftsman, or went trading in other countries. While the Vikings were away at war, the wives took care of the children and the family business.(Margeson,Anderson pg. 30) A Viking’s reputation was very important. Especially his family's reputation. Viking men would be at war and have fights with each other for years. When a family would get in a fight, the fund would last for years and, usually, generations. (MacLeod pg. 49)
A Viking family lived under one roof. Usually, the head of the house was the landowner, the father or the grandfather. Much of the family lived in the house. Brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles. The family would all gather in the main room and huddle around a fire. Almost all of the Vikings spoke Old Norse. It was called Norse because the language was started in Old Norway. Old Norse was a language made up to worship the gods. (Taylor pg.
The original Vikings were from settlements in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Vikings were fierce barbarian-like men. They were very skilled fighters, merchants, farmers, and craftsmen. The year of 789 a.d. marked the beginning of the Viking age, or “terror of Europe.” Vikings had started attacking Northern Europe. In 793 a.d., they raided and looted a monastery on the island of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of England. The raid was recorded by an escaping monk, and has the picture of angry men killing the monks. Scotland and Ireland were their …show more content…
There was the most common and known; the king. Kings were fierce warriors that had proved themselves through war or raids. Kings ruled over other civilizations that they conquered.(Margeson,Anderson pg.10,11) Back in Scandinavia, Viking settlements were ruled by Things and/or Nobles. Things ruled over the more earlier progressed settlements. A thing, was a two part system that consisted of a Lower and Upper Thing. The Upper Thing held meetings with the citizens, or free people, could vote in those meetings. The Lower Thing, managed the money and finances of the settlement and checked in on the people from time to time. Nobles were wealthy landowners that ruled their settlement through wealth and power. (Margeson,Anderson pg. …show more content…
In a Viking family, kids didn't go to school. The children usually worked in the fields or the family's workshop. The Viking boys usually became men when they were sixteen, because that was the age they could go to war. While the Viking men weren't at war or raiding, they got jobs such as being a miner, merchant, farmer, shipbuilder, craftsman, or went trading in other countries. While the Vikings were away at war, the wives took care of the children and the family business.(Margeson,Anderson pg. 30) A Viking’s reputation was very important. Especially his family's reputation. Viking men would be at war and have fights with each other for years. When a family would get in a fight, the fund would last for years and, usually, generations. (MacLeod pg. 49)
A Viking family lived under one roof. Usually, the head of the house was the landowner, the father or the grandfather. Much of the family lived in the house. Brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles. The family would all gather in the main room and huddle around a fire. Almost all of the Vikings spoke Old Norse. It was called Norse because the language was started in Old Norway. Old Norse was a language made up to worship the gods. (Taylor pg.