Vikings

Vikings

I'll write about Vikings. How they lived during their glory days and how they managed to be so successful. The Viking Age is usually said lasted between 800-1050 AD. I chose it because it would be interesting to know, because you can see quite a bit today which is inspired by the great Viking Age.

When people talk about the Vikings, they usually say that they came from Scandinavia, and most of them did. There they spoke the same language, Old Norse. They didn’t live in a single united nation, they instead had plenty of princes and kings who gained power over larger or smaller areas of land through conquest. If one day the prince was suddenly killed in a fight or a battle, anotherfalse, often just the person killed the chief, took over. The Vikings were very skilled tradesmen, craftsmen and storytellers. It is believed that they had a great sense of humor, and loved to talk and listen to both entertaining and exciting stories. A good storyteller had a high reputation in the Viking society.

In the society, people were divided into different groups  consisted of chiefs, who in his entourage had earls - dignitaries and often military leaders, free men and slaves. Thralls had the worst. They were slaves as the owner could treat as he wished. Thrall, however, could obtain their freedom as a gift or buy his freedom. Among free men, you find several occupations as craftsmen, merchants and peasants  The Viking woman had a respected position in society. She was considered an equal with her husband of almost everything. When the men were out on trips women took care of the household and the defense of the farm, if so needed. An interesting thing was that if someone killed someone in your family, you could require blood revenge. Revenge was an honor for the Vikings. Bild från: [] //Vikings trade and looting roads  // Most of what the Vikings are known for is their legendary raids. When you first hear the word “Viking”, almost every one of us think of them as warriors and looters. The main reason that they became so successful during their age was the fall of the large central power of the Roman Empire. The former empire was now divided into many smaller chiefdoms, which made it very unsafe. There was much strife between and in the many chiefdoms. This meant that they had no united resistance against other kingdoms. The trade had also came to a halt. In Europe, northerners became best known for  their forays . In Western Europe triggered the invaders from the north anxiety and fear. According to tradition, there is a prayer that goes “A furore Norman Norum libera nos, Domine” (The Norsemen wrath, deliver us, good Lord!)   During their raids, they took their way by boat. The Vikings were very talented boat builders and sailors. That’s the other reason that they became so successful and could strike at areas far from their homelands. The boats were very low in the bottom so that they could easily get into shallow bays and rivers and it was very easy to pull up on the beach at any time. The ships were so well constructed that they also made trips to Vinland and Markland in present-day North America. It is believed that a warship could bear between sixty and a hundred men. On these travels that they did, they also made new contacts and opened up trade routes.

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Summery// The important thing to know is how they got so successful as that they did. It was firstly their developed technology in boats and ships. They were cleverly built to be able to get into shallow folds and rivers. They were the first in the Middle Ages to make such long journeys. When the Roman Empire then fell, and their defense has been weakened, the Vikings could make successful forays. It is also important to know that they were not only bloodthirsty warrior, but defended and cared about their family. It was not all that were looters and fighters, many were living ordinary lives. Trade is another great thing they are known for. They had well-developed commercial weighing between many countries. The information have I taken from various sites on the Internet. I used various sources to compare and try to get it as <span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">trustworthy <span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">   <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-language: SV; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastlanguage: SV;">as possible. I chose these because I thought they did good and well-understandable information.

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