HI127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Idolatry, Harald Fairhair, Danelaw
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Often spoken about how terrible vikings are. Paschasius radbertus: vikings are a base and filthy race . Other sources give the vikings too good of an image. Allowed vikings to test dragonships prior to taking them to the ocean. Ships allowed them to turn raiding into invading. See southern nations rich and want to be similar. First place creating, once its attacked it is believed the end of times are near. Paid a fee in order to prevent future raidings. Vikings were taking over smaller kingdoms as invading became more common. Let the vikings settle, leaders needed to convert to christianity. Ireland was the major place vikings got their slaves. No towns in ireland prior to scandinavian contact. Other sources claim ireland gave up to the vikings. Civil war due to dividing up the kingdom of france. Assisted them on the attack of noirmoutier. Name came from lands are cold, fire is very important for the vikings.
