Minnesota Vikings

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…

you think of when you hear the word “viking?” Do you think of masculine, Scandinavian brutes pillaging villages? Well, you would not be wrong. However, they damaged more than just the lives of innocent villagers. Now, what do you think of when you hear the word “Iceland?” With its cold, Nordic atmosphere, one would think that Iceland would be able to withstand anything, but that is not the case. Surprisingly, Iceland’s environment is very fragile, and the vikings did their fair share to disrupt…

the year of 800 A.D the Vikings attacked Paris and the only way to make them stop was the price of 5,670 lbs of silver and gold. The viking that led the sack of Paris was a Norse chieftain named Reginherus. This event happened years ago but is still relevant to today because the Vikings failed to capture the city, which made them attack three times instead of a hit and run or a battle. Most of the reason the Vikings kept attacking Paris, was that Paris bribed the Vikings every time they…

people of the places and cities being raided at the time. In the excerpt from the Annals of St. Vaast, it emphasizes that these Vikings, “[d]estroyed houses, and razed monasteries and churches to the ground, and brought to their death the servants of our holy religion by famine and sword, or sold them beyond the sea” (Issue of the Day Para: 2). These raids by the Vikings most likely negatively effected those countries’ political and military development with the amount of money and men spent on…

gold so that it could be bought and sold on a market. This is exactly the same mindset and ideals shared by the Vikings in Northern Europe regarding swordfish. In Bolster’s book “The Mortal Sea” he describes how the Vikings found a way to preserve cod and stop it from rotting by preserving it with salt, which was commonly called stockfish. This stockfish, which was a staple for the Vikings, was used as a commodity for trade, which in turned changed the broad…

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…

Three years later, Thorfinn Karlsefni a Viking explorer, who some sources note as Leif Eriksson’s brother and others simply as an acquaintance or companion, sailed to Vinland with his family and a small group of settlers. There he established the first European settlement, besides the short stay of Leif Eriksson. The group of about 130 people “settled there to engage in haymaking, hunting, and fishing.”(Thorfinn). The settlements population grew as the first European child was born at the…

Minnesota’s landscape Minnesota is one of the many states of United States. It is located around the western region of the north United States of America. Survey research reveals that Minnesota is among United States’ largest states. The state is highly dependable by the Americans, especially when it comes to agricultural production. Minnesota’s development is what triggered me towards studying the state fully and ascertain how it really came to being, and how it has developed since it was…

boasts being a champion for the social liberal ideals of “full civil rights, LGBT, medicare, [and] earning an ‘F’ grade by the National Rifle Association (Website). Furthermore, being the second woman in Minnesota history to serve Congress after Amy Klobuchar illustrates the left-leaning current Minnesota…

we come from different cultures and races we all believe in different ideas and beliefs. For example, the Native Americans have a very different culture than some one who was born in Bemidji, Minnesota. There is a huge tension between some of the Native Americans and Caucasians people throughout Minnesota and the United States as a whole. The tension between the Native Americans and the Caucasians reminds me of what the African Americans might have felt in the 1800’s until 1900’s and even today…