HI127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harald Fairhair, Longship, History Of Southampton
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Revisionist: study the vikings, and reject the idea of the ilthy race of burning things, they focus on training and exploraion of europe. They weren"t just traitors or raiders, they were both. Depending on which vikings you are talking about. Relect the diversity of these experiences and not generalize. Scandinavia as shipbuilders lab (natural ship builders) Diferent types of ships: drekar (dragon ship), skeid (war ships, large and upper end, 30 rowing), snejjka (smaller war ship, can easily be beached) Wealth: 8th century experiencing commercial revival, trading places all over the place. Trade: fur, iron, swords, whale oil, amber. Push factors: king in norway (harald fairhair), was centralizing his power and pushing out people that were disagreeing with him. Atacks on iona (801, 802) cellach. First place to be made, last place to be destroyed. First atack wasn"t to serious, but the following year was very damaging.
