Vikings Unearthed: Video Analysis

The Vikings were a very successful group of warriors from Scandinavia. They started raiding and violently attacking other places because of their lack of resources. The Viking homeland was rural and people worked as fishers or farmers. Scandinavian people got their fish from the sea, but because the soil in that area was not very fertile, there wasn’t enough grain being grown to feed the rising population. “As Scandinavia's population grew, food shortage became a common problem. Looking for new sources of food and wealth, some Viking leaders decided to take what they needed from other people” (Doc. A). When the Vikings attacked cities, they took everything they could and then burned what was left of the destroyed city. “And the Vikings came on them just like a storm and cut them down, carried off everything, and burned the place” (Doc. B). Because of this, there was no one left to come after them, or anyone to avenge

The Vikings spent most of their time raiding villages and killing people. They sailed very far distances in their longships to find land to raid. The Vikings mostly raided western and eastern parts of Europe. They also raided places like Greenland and Canada. While raiding the Vikings would basically kill anyone that got in their way and they would destroy villages completely. If you survived a Viking raid, you were extremely lucky. When the Vikings raided they would steal anything they could, including money, food, cattle and loot from churches. The Vikings would usually not leave places alone. Once they had raided them one time, they would do it again and keep stealing and killing. One famous raid that the Vikings did was in Northumbria, North-east England. Here the Vikings arrived in their longships and burned down buildings, murdered monks, stole things and frightened everyone. Apparently some of the Christian church leaders said

When one sees the word Viking, the mind firstly shifts to men who are uncivilized and unprincipled. Using evidence of achievements and victories will not only show how much they impacted Europe, but how sophisticated Vikings actually were. As Charlemagne’s empire ended, the people of Europe showed extraordinary resilience toward the new movements of the era. From 800 to 1200 CE, Vikings ruled medieval Europe. These Vikings, along with thick soil, are credited with shifting Europe from endemic violence toward cooperation and legal order. An attack on the Lindisfarne monastery off the coast of Northumberland in northeastern England marked the beginning of the Viking Age. Vikings began to appear in Europe due to Scandinavian raiders repeatedly visiting the Christian countries of Europe. At first they were content with just raiding lands, but soon they began to seize land and proclaim rule. They sought riches, not land. With this established rule, Vikings promised safety and began to reform the lands they had acquired. The people agreed due to starvation and possible attacks from eneimes. The new lands had a need for settled agriculture, defensive warfare and commerce. As the Vikings began to fulfill these needs they saw an expansion in cooperation and rule of law among the villagers.

In the article “New Visions of the Vikings” Heather Pringle explains that the Vikings that once shrouded in mystery and in the past few years their culture has come more comprehensible as we find more Viking burial grounds. The Vikings were the first to find North America and explore it and trade with the natives. They were farmers that survived off of their summer plundering and fall harvest. They weren’t a masculine idealistic society, meaning that they have a couple famous warrior maidens.

The vikings had their own groups of people which included landowning chieftains, freeman, and also young clan members who seeked over sea adventures. While the viking members were at home, they can be described as independent farmers, but at sea the vikings became raiders. During viking period it seemed as if the Scandinavians had a surplus amount of manpower that seems practically inexhaustible, who could organize warriors into conquering armies and bands. The bands negotiated the seas in their longships,also known as a viking ship, and mount raids on nearby cities and towns that were along the coast of Europe. Their brutal way of living and manpower earned them the name vikingr, or viking in old english, which was the name for a pirate in early Scandinavian language.

The Vikings (AKA) Norse were known as the raiders that travel by sea and wreak havoc over foreign beaches. Their is more than just that to the vikings, Most of the vikings depended on agriculture (animals, crops, fruits and vegetables, herbs, and other livestock. They believed in a big religion called the Norse. In that religion there were vast cosmology about the Universe, there was also multiple gods and creatures in the religion.In the Norse mythology you had to do rituals so you would have more livestock to prevent your livestock from dying. The Norse were always on the edge of survival simply because of where they lived on the earth. They lived in Scandinavia which includes Present-day Norway and Sweden.

The way the Vikings built and used homes, tools and crafts to sell, links to my thesis. Viking craftsmen used bone, antler and ivory to make tools for a wide range of practical uses. “Each material had it’s own distinct properties”, in which these innovative craftsmen understood well (Lore&Saga, ND). “Besides raiding and farming, Vikings were exceptional craftsmen”. Trading centres began to appear in the Scandinavian countries. They now “specialised in jewellery making, bone carving, weapon making” and etc. (historyonthenet, ND). “Vikings lived in longhouses, rectangular buildings with thatched roofs”. They were built from turf, wood or stone. Families shared the one room, which was also used for cooking and crafting (OxfordUniversity, ND). In conclusion Viking behaviour, in the way they lived shows us that they were domesticated, civilised and innovative

The Vikings were a Germanic people who were known for how they executed their raids and the discovery of new territories. They raided, colonized, and traded in the conquered areas and had a thirst for new waters and a hunger for land. Because of this hunger, the most impact they had on western civilization was as discoverers and settlers of the New World. They discovered and settled in Iceland, Greenland, and North America. Each of these was impacted in some way or another by the Vikings.

Vikings were also very fierce warriors. They had strong weapons, and good armor. Vikings also took over lands and prophets. They dressed a certain way, had importance for ships and developed new tactics that some people still use today. Viking also worshiped many gods and goddess.

Vikings were a group of people from Scandanavia (modern-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden) who navigated the North Atlantic and Baltic Regions, sailing to destinations in the south to North Africa, and east to Russia, Constantinople (“Istanbul”) and the Middle East, as ‘hit-and-run’ looters, traders and colonists. Notably, the Vikings were seen as a barbaric clan by their victims, especially to those in Europe with whom they had an imposing influence. Equally, as the Old Norse (the language of the Norsemen) translation of the word ‘Viking’ signifies, the Vikings were feared as fierce and ruthless pirates. However, most of these people may not have called themselves Vikings since only a few engaged in raiding and pillaging, which was seen as a

The title "Viking" includes a wide description of Nordic people; Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians, who lived during a period of

What I found especially interesting was the name “Viking”, vik means creek, stream, or bay so the word Viking describes people who go up a stream or creek. Another historian in the video even states that the Vikings were simply associated with raiders. It is thought that the first Viking raiders appeared in England in 739. It is theorized that they raided to either take back the money they were losing due to Charlemagne’s reforms as king, or to defend their homeland through strong offensive measures. I chose this video because I have always found Vikings interesting, and wanted to know more

Viking history and culture have been depicted in many movies, television series, and stories. Vikings are commonly known as barbarians that raid villages and intimidate others with huge ships with dragon heads, and horned helmets. This information is based on facts, but has been distorted and exaggerated over many years and tales. Viking history spans from the years 780 until 1100, which is the time span of the Viking raids. Not every Scandinavian was a Viking; Vikings were known as the men that conducted raids and bloody battles. The old definition of Viking was synonymous with the term pirate. The modern definition is relevant to the Scandinavian medieval culture, to include farming, crafting and trading.

The Vikings were a group of Scandinavian raiders that were around from about the 8th century to the 11th. They mainly attacked the British Islands , the Frankish empire, England, but they also plundered places such as the Iberian peninsula and northern Africa. Vikings did not always settle into the places that they found, for instance after exploring North America they left the place never to return again. Even so, after landing on Greenland they colonized themselves there, and ancestors of the Vikings still live there today. So now that you know a little about the history of the Vikings lets go into detail about the specifics of the Viking age. (Peter Sawyer, Oxford Ill. History of the Vikings p. 1-19)

The Vikings lived about one thousand years ago in the lands that we now call Iceland, Lapland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. To most people the Vikings were raiders that got in their longboats and sailed somewhere and then went from town to town killing and pillaging. This is not completely true, because the Vikings were also