The Vikings
Typically, the image of a Viking is a barbaric, bearded man plundering and destroying a neighboring village. This is actually the stereotypical viewpoint. In actuality, Vikings, have a very different image. For example, Vikings did not wear furry boots or furry armor, they did not have horned helmets, they invaded Britain, and they also were the first to discover America! They were also experts in nautical technology, crafts, trading, warfare and many other skills (Jonsson 1). With all of these traits, the Vikings seem like an unstoppable force in the European continent. But, who were the Vikings? The Vikings were actually venturesome seafarers. This means that they were travelers who were constantly exploring and looking for new areas of land. There roots can be traced all the way back to 6000 B.C. were nomadic men traveled in primitive crafts up the Denmark coast. Fast forward two millennia and these nomadic people have established permanent homes, but still using the boat for food and travel. As stated before, they were not just raiders, although they did do this frequently, but they were actually expert traders, trading all around the world. It wasn’t until around 793 A.D. that a Viking explosion took place in northern Europe (Jonsson 2). Raids began to take place on neighboring villages and their places of worship. To some this is the only type of knowledge they have about Vikings. However, their culture was something to be admired. Trading, religion, and everyday life are all important parts of a Viking culture.
Trading was a critical part to the culture life of a Viking. This task brought in many important goods that the Vikings needed to live an ordinary life. The Vikings were the international tradesmen of their time. In Constantinople (Istanbul) they traded silk and spices for slaves that they had brought from Russia. They Amber they found in the Baltic area and they brought furs, skins, and walrus tusk ivory to the trading towns in Western Europe from the northern parts of the world such as Greenland. The Vikings founded trading cities in Scandinavia such as Birka, Ribe, Hedeby and Skiringsal. In Ireland they founded terrific trade in Dublin and, in England, they made the city of York flourish to become the most important trading town outside of London (La Fay 149-150). At a time when old trade routes between east and west thro...
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...of goods with the Vikings. In everyday life, every one of us is in search of the right food, the best and warmest clothing, and the perfect place to live. Religion is still important to the American people, just like it was to the Vikings way back then. And even today, the American people exchange goods through the use of trading. However, in the present, we use plenty of money to get the supplies we need to survive. The Vikings culture can be seen as a way of survival. If they didn’t work hard enough to get the items they needed to survive, they would die off. So, the Vikings were more than a bunch of wild men running around northern England destroying cities and killing people. They strived to lead a healthy life to the fullest extent possible during their time. Many people in northern England who are descendants of the Vikings are proud to be a progeny of such a dominant and prestigious culture.BIBILIOGRAPHY
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that vikings were venturesome seafarers who were constantly exploring and looking for new areas of land. they were also experts in nautical technology, crafts, trading, warfare and many other skills.
- Explains that the vikings were the international tradesmen of their time. they founded trading cities in scandinavia, ireland, and england and kept the trade route between byzantium and the west open.
- Explains that york was one of the biggest trading areas for the vikings. it was discovered during their raids against england.
- Explains that vikings were venturesome seafarers who were constantly exploring and looking for new areas of land. they were also experts in nautical technology, crafts, trading, warfare and many other skills.
- Explains that the vikings were the international tradesmen of their time. they founded trading cities in scandinavia, ireland, and england and kept the trade route between byzantium and the west open.
- Explains that york was one of the biggest trading areas for the vikings. it was discovered during their raids against england.
- Explains that the vikings religion centered on pagan rituals which center around three main gods, odin, thor, and frey.
- Explains that it was part of odin's religion to perform a human sacrifice at three different points during the year, including yuletide, christmas, and summer. religious ceremonies were traditionally held outside in the open air.
- Explains that christianity was also used among the vikings in their later to middle years of existence, probably beginning before 995 a.d.
- Explains that vikings' main concerns were on food, clothing, and housing. the family lived in large groups, with an extended family.
- Explains that the vikings ate porridge, meat and fish, and shortbread. the main meat in the diet came from domesticated animals.
- Explains that vikings' clothing was made from wool and the sheep were vital to their lives. the women used dyes from minerals and vegetables, giving them yet another job in the house.
- Explains that vikings lived in a longhouse, where the walls were made of wood, and the roof was covered with turf.
- Compares the american culture with the vikings' basic needs of everyday life, religion, and exchange of goods.
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- Explains that leif eriksson, erik the red's son, is credited with the discovery of the new world, even though research shows the contrary.
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- Explains that research discredits erik the red's discovery of greenland, but the ship of gunnbjorn ulf-krakason has the first recorded sighting of it.
- Explains that leif eriksson, erik the red's son, is credited with the discovery of the new world, even though research shows the contrary.
- Analyzes how the 19th century romanticism played a major role in erik the red's and the vikings' image shift.
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- Explains that militant leaders had been to europe and brought back new ideas from christian leaders on power. by the twelfth century each tribe was placed under an economic and political power structure based on benefits and law.
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- Explains that scandinavia was home to two culturally different societies due to the interaction between the two cultures. the scandinavian people became unified during the viking age.
- Analyzes how vikings impacted europe without mentioning their conversion to christianity. viking invasions on monasteries have been counted as attacks on christianity, but the classic view of paganism is negatively associated with them due to the early christian movement in rome.
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- Explains that in rimbert's vita anskarii, king of the svear asked the frankish emperor, louis the pious, for a missionary to visit his country as many wanted to adopt the christian faith
- Explains that scandinavian kings viewed christianity as a way to legitimize their rule.
- Explains how scandinavian towns gave a name to vikings, as merchants and craftsmen. the foundation of urban markets and international trading ports was intrinsically linked to the growth of royal power.
- Argues that growth of population may have played a factor in the need to find resources elsewhere. the slavic people already had an economic and social structure before the swedish arrived.
- Analyzes how the anglo-saxon chronicle captures a one-side story of seafaring raiders in the bulghar area. scandinavian settlement allowed hybridization of language and culture between english and norse folk.
- Explains that scandinavian culture assimilated with anglo-saxon culture and language to create a hybrid identity that would last the next two hundred years.
- Explains that scandinavian settlers were less appreciated in ireland as new neighbors than in england.
- Opines that vikings were lacking a pure viking identity due to norsemen accommodating to western tradition which has celtic elements, and the development of hybrid cultural identity. however, accommodations were different between invaders and settlers.
- Explains that vikings are encountered under a different personality in each condition, and that historians cannot distinguish one single cause for their drive to travel. urban marketing and trade are the most common needs among these groups.
- Explains how vikings spread expansionism, urban development, trade, and climate change, bred new hybrid identities for the future and created new cultural norms that broke the boundaries of segregation.
1894 wordsRead More - There is More to Vikings than Violenceanalytical essayHistory typically describes the Vikings as the fiercest, most brutal of all the barbarian groups that invaded Europe. Historians agree that the Vikings were fierce, but was there more to them than that.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that history typically describes the vikings as the fiercest, most brutal of all the barbarian groups that invaded europe.
- Explains that the word 'viking' has been used to identify people who lived in sweden, norway and denmark in early medieval times.
- Explains that the vikings sailed to other foreign countries because they weren't able to do many profitable things in their own homes. the soil was infertile, and the land was rocky and covered in ice and snow.
- Explains that history typically describes the vikings as the fiercest, most brutal of all the barbarian groups that invaded europe.
- Explains that the word 'viking' has been used to identify people who lived in sweden, norway and denmark in early medieval times.
- Explains that the vikings sailed to other foreign countries because they weren't able to do many profitable things in their own homes. the soil was infertile, and the land was rocky and covered in ice and snow.
- Explains how the vikings travelled extensively across the baltic, black and mediterranean seas. they sailed england, ireland, france, greenland, iceland, and north america.
- Explains that vikings had their own beliefs and religion, and worshipped many different gods, including thor, odin, loki and freyja.
- Explains that england, scotland and wales were christian countries, and when the vikings resettled there, many of them converted to christianity.
- Explains that the vikings used wool to make their clothes and dyed the cloth with mineral and vegetable dyes of red, green, yellow, brown and blue.
- Explains that viking men would wear woollen shirt and long cloth pants held up by a drawstring or sash, jerkin or three-quarter coat with belt, socks and soft leather shoes or long leather boots.
- Describes a viking woman's linen dress and woolen tunic, held up by brooches, sometimes joined by chain or string of beads, and their legs and feet covered with thick woolly socks and soft leather shoes.
- Analyzes how the vikings wore fur or woolen hats and cloaks in cold weather. viking food reflected their lifestyle.
- Explains that the typical viking meal contained fish, shellfish, seals, and whales. they also ate bread spread with butter, wild boar meat, red deer, elk, or bear.
- Explains that the vikings drank skim milk, buttermilk, whey, beer, or mead (a strong drink made from honey), instead of drinking from cups. the poor could not afford horns and had to drink from wood mugs.
- Argues that the vikings were not purely bloodthirsty and worshipped many gods. they were well-dressed and frugal with their food.
- Explains that vikings were seen as bloodthirsty outside their homeland and acted viciously towards foreigners, but at home, they led normal lives like people living in britain and other countries in that era.
991 wordsRead More - The Religious Traditions Of The Norsemen During The Viking Ageexplanatory essayNorse religion refers to the religious traditions of the Norsemen before the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Viking Age. It is a folk religion, which was not categorized as a larger group of Germanic paganism until it was described by outsiders who came into contact with native practitioners. It was the northern variation of the religion practiced in the lands inhabited by the Germanic tribes across most of Northern and Central Europe before the Roman and Holy Roman incursions. Knowledge of Norse religion is mostly from the results of archaeological field work, etymology and early written materials as it was largely a product of early practitioners who did not have a written history
In this essay, the author
- Explains that norse religion is a folk religion that was not categorized as germanic paganism until it was described by outsiders who came into contact with native practitioners
- Explains that norse religion is a folk religion that was not categorized as germanic paganism until it was described by outsiders who came into contact with native practitioners
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