HST 584 Lecture : Viking Timeline Part I
14 Dec 2011
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The vikings part i (3)(793): invade a monastery in. Never seen before, took valuables, left manuscripts. (5) response: Ireland suffered the most: no centralized state, still under tribunal system, civil war. (7) took advantage of weakened. Franks: charles the bald attacked the most, paid them money, lothar not as badly attacked, Louis the german least attacked. (1) three distinct groups: the danes, the swedes and the. Norwegians. (9) (865) phase iii: army of danes landed in east. Anglia with the intention of conquering and staying. King edmund gives them horses which they use against them. Went to northumbria & captured city of jorvik, establishing first viking kingdom. (11) vikings discover. Iceland and settle, discovered greenland in: grew agriculture because of global warming. Local populations strengthen coastal cities (2) (789) first. Established fearsome rep, never stayed and stayed on the coast.
