Billund, Denmark

a Danish prince and can be regarded as being part of the Viking invasions in the Northeast of England. After becoming King, he took Emma, former wife of Aethelred the Unready., as his wife, and began to consolidate his empire. He had control over Denmark, Norway, and England during his reign. In looking at the laws Cnut created and his letter to his empire, it can be seen that Cnut put the importance of his Christian religion as being his top priority. Christian faith and practice us what he…

The Vikings uncommon military tactics along with their strong willed shieldmaidens often intimidated Frankish rulers, many Frankish rulers would even to pay off the Vikings in hopes of preventing farther attacks on their subjects. This did backfire on what is now Paris, in 841CE Frankish King Charles payed a Viking leader 7000 livres of silver and gold for the freedom of Paris, this would be the equivalent of 17,429.30US dollars (without inflation). After hearing tales of how generous the…

Beowulf is a poem of epic proportions. Beowulf came from his homeland to Herot to help the Danes and king Hrothgar avenge the terror of Grendel. Beowulf had superhuman strength and used his power to gain money and glory from other people. He shows great power and courage when he is dueling with Grendel after, he realizes that weapons are impenetrable to Grendel and his mother. Therefore, the only way he could defeat him was in a hand to hand battle. In that battle, Beowulf managed to tear off…

The epic Beowulf by Seamus Heaney took place during the Anglo-Saxon time period where men were meant to be hardy and brave. This time period was between 449 and 1066. From the shore of the Geats to the kingdom of Hrothgar, Heaney’s tale follows the morality and honor of his main character known to the Geats and the Danes as Beowulf. Beowulf sowed his honor as he voluntarily traveled from his homeland to battle and defeated the vicious monster, Grendel., who was killing inebriated Danes in…

789 - Vikings begin their attacks on England. 800 - The Oseberg Viking longship is buried about this time. 840 - Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland. 844 - A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed. 860 - Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul). 862 - Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking, Ulrich. 866 - Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England. 871 - Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex; the Danish advance is halted in England. 872 - Harald I gains…

Notes: video on Vikings was 2:30 minutes. I could not get to the paper work and the names of students were not included in the project. There are 456 words. The project was done by Forest Cole and Marion Garcia. This had a lot of extra things, videos without sound, link to history channel and no paper work to read. Vikings The Vikings were the average raiders during their time with a twist they spread throughout the world and began to adopt and exchange their customs, but in the year…

country is its ability to continually progress forward. Yet the United States always seems to be behind other countries. For instance, women in the United States received the right to vote in 1920 but women in New Zealand started voting in 1893. Denmark was the first country to legalize same sex unions in 1989 but it wasn’t until 2015 that the United States legalized same sex marriage. If the United States wants to continue being a country who boasts “rights” and “world power” they need to…

Beowulf is a story about men who fight evil to maintain the peace, in the story he heard from a king who need help to defeat a monster how is killing his people every night , Beowulf sails to Denmark to help the king were he fight the monster name Grendel how can be hurt by weapons the monster well bewitched the weapons, rendering them useless. the king words "Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend Grendel who haunted…

Amber Martin Mr.Musick September 10, 2017 English Viking Essay “The conquerors of the North” Contrary to most beliefs, Vikings, which comes from the Latin word vikingr ,or pirate in Scandinavian , were not blood thirsty and vicious men most often read about. They were actually farmers, hunter gatherers ,and nomads. Most entertainment dealing with Viking life , often focuses on the negative and many battles throughout their history, and not on their daily…

fiction, film adequately portrays the epic hero, Beowulf (Ray Winstone), in the setting of Denmark. Overall, the movie does an excellent job recreating the emotions and feeling of the poem. The first of the three acts contains both the awakening and murder of Grendel (Crispin Glover), the ferocious beast who terrorizes the Danes for partying too loudly. In both the poem and the film, Beowulf travels to Denmark with his band of soldiers. Upon arrival, King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) greets…