HIST 3P30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Magnus Barefoot, Skald, Viking Age
9 Apr 2016
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Ends later than we think- approx. mid 13thc. Viking ages: raiding (793-900) setlement (841-911) conversion and state building (950-1050s) exploraion and setlement (870s-1000) poliical conquest and dominaion (990s-1040s) Not a single coherent viking age but a culminaion of aciviies. The length of the so called viking age as well as its geographic scope make it diicult to est. an end point. The viking age is characterized by many transformations. Lots of literature on the start of the viking age- how/when/where/why at the end there is virtually nothing on the end of the viking age (hall book a good source- fades out approx. 1066: brink and n. price the viking world (2008)- described as comprehensive guide on vikings (big book)- supposed to relect current scholarship but scholarship doesn"t have much to say about it. Beginning of the viking age is characterized for most scholars by advent of viking raiding.
