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The Viking Invasions

The Viking Invasions. Aldo Munoz Carissa Reyna Anthony K. Sebastian. The Vikings. Collectively known as the Norsemen, the Vikings were a seafaring people that lived along the Scandinavian coasts Consisted of the Swedes, the Norwegians, and the Danes. The Vikings (cont.).

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The Viking Invasions

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  1. The Viking Invasions Aldo Munoz Carissa Reyna Anthony K. Sebastian

  2. The Vikings • Collectively known as the Norsemen, the Vikings were a seafaring people that lived along the Scandinavian coasts • Consisted of the Swedes, the Norwegians, and the Danes

  3. The Vikings (cont.) • Known for helmet visors, Dane axes, wolf skins and Viking longboats • Survived on land by farming and fishing, but most remembered for their acts of piracy at sea • In early Scandinavian languages, vikingr means ‘pirate’

  4. The Vikings (cont.) • Norse society was based on agriculture and trade • Large emphasis in honor and warrior attributes. • The explicit reason to Viking expansion is not known. • Theorized reason is spread of Christianity among pagan people • From the artifacts left by the raided peoples, that looting was the primary motive behind their raids.

  5. The Vikings (cont.) Technology • Longships • travel vast distances • hit-and-run attacks • The Vikings were competent sailors, adept in land warfare as well as at sea • Attacks were usually seasonal and isolated in small bands • Along coastal cities • They struck deep fear into the victims on where they attacked. A Viking ship on its way to conquer vulnerable citizens of Britain!

  6. The Vikings (cont.) • Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. • The Vikings invaded Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, and France • Three phases of raids: • 1stphase: 790-840 • 2ndphase: 841-875 • 3rdphase: 876-911 • The Vikings invaded all around Scandinavia including Europe.

  7. Invasion of England • 790-840: small fleets using hit-and-run tactics • Earliest known invasion occurred at the Lindisfarne monastery in 793 • Attacks were seasonal and isolated in small bands • Deeply affected Carolingian empire

  8. Invasion of England (cont.) • 841-875: increase in size & intensity of raids • Vikings arrived unexpectedly, plundering and killing the inhabitants and then leaving the conquered land • formed the "Great Army" that consisted of thousands of individuals

  9. The Viking Invasion (cont.) • 876-911: the Great Army began conquering Europe • Colonized English and France • Began facing opposition from conquered peoples • In 892, the Vikings could no longer freely roam England

  10. Fall of the Vikings • 9th-11th centuries: Danes and Saxons lived side by side peacefully • Established power shifted between Danes and Saxons • 1066 • Final Danish invasion of England • Saxon control fell into the hands of the Normans

  11. Works Cited • "The Coming of the Northmen." The Viking Invasions of England. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2013. • David, Koeller W. "Vikings Raid European Mainland:." Viking Raids: 800-900. N.p., 2011. Web. 03 Nov. 2013. • James, Edward, DPhil. BBC News. BBC, 29 Mar. 2011. Web. 02 Nov. 2013. • "Viking (people)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2013. • "War and Battle Directory." History Curriculum Homeschool. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2013.

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