End of the Roman Empire
The Viking age spanned from 800 CE and 1000 CE, the Viking age marked the end of the Vendel Era which spanned from 550 CE and 793 CE, right after the Migration Period. This was during the dilapidation of the Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire ultimately ended in 476 CE. The Franks, became the dominant ruler, the Byzantine Empire also known as the Eastern Roman Empire continued for another millennium before falling.
Why did the Vikings Start Raiding?
The Vikings are etched into history, but the tales of the countless raids and the myriad of battles weave in and out of fact to fiction and delves into myth and legend. Vikings, however, did leave a mark upon history and shapes today's society. The Norse Vikings colonized …show more content…
The Franks became the single most powerful entity after the fall of the Roman Empire.When Charlemagne took over the Franks in 768 CE the pressure increased tenfold. Charlemagne forced all his subjects to convert to Christianity, this put pressure upon the Vikings, at the time the majority of the Scandinavian population worshiped Pagan Gods. Charlemagne was determined to convert everybody under his rule to Christianity, in 772 CE, his forces crossed into Saxon territory and destroyed Irminsul, the sacred tree that was the most holy totem. His army also forcibly baptised and then executed 4,500 Saxon captives at Verden. The Vikings might have plundered Lindisfarne mostinsary in retaliation. However the attack of Lindisfarne was not the first in …show more content…
They often attacked monasteries as they were dotton among the coasts of the British isles, such as the twin monasteries of Jarrow and Wearmouth in 794 CE and Iona in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in 795. The Vikings were in search of portable wealth such as gold or religious texts for ransoming and slaves. Using the Viking longboats they could navigate up inland rivers as well. For several decades the Vikings simply pillaged places of great wealth and left hastily. Even after the death of Charlemagne the Vikings kept on raided for
The Viking age spanned from 800 CE and 1000 CE, the Viking age marked the end of the Vendel Era which spanned from 550 CE and 793 CE, right after the Migration Period. This was during the dilapidation of the Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire ultimately ended in 476 CE. The Franks, became the dominant ruler, the Byzantine Empire also known as the Eastern Roman Empire continued for another millennium before falling.
Why did the Vikings Start Raiding?
The Vikings are etched into history, but the tales of the countless raids and the myriad of battles weave in and out of fact to fiction and delves into myth and legend. Vikings, however, did leave a mark upon history and shapes today's society. The Norse Vikings colonized …show more content…
The Franks became the single most powerful entity after the fall of the Roman Empire.When Charlemagne took over the Franks in 768 CE the pressure increased tenfold. Charlemagne forced all his subjects to convert to Christianity, this put pressure upon the Vikings, at the time the majority of the Scandinavian population worshiped Pagan Gods. Charlemagne was determined to convert everybody under his rule to Christianity, in 772 CE, his forces crossed into Saxon territory and destroyed Irminsul, the sacred tree that was the most holy totem. His army also forcibly baptised and then executed 4,500 Saxon captives at Verden. The Vikings might have plundered Lindisfarne mostinsary in retaliation. However the attack of Lindisfarne was not the first in …show more content…
They often attacked monasteries as they were dotton among the coasts of the British isles, such as the twin monasteries of Jarrow and Wearmouth in 794 CE and Iona in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in 795. The Vikings were in search of portable wealth such as gold or religious texts for ransoming and slaves. Using the Viking longboats they could navigate up inland rivers as well. For several decades the Vikings simply pillaged places of great wealth and left hastily. Even after the death of Charlemagne the Vikings kept on raided for