HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Danube, Sea Monster, Manorialism
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Louis the pious crowned as succeeding emperor religious, but ineffective ruler, leaving three sons: lothair/charles the bald/louis the german fought each other for control. Treaty of verdun divided empire into three kingdom, in 843 c. e. Kings lost power and central authority broke down; lack of strong rulers led to a new system of governing and landholding, known as feudalism. Muslim invaders from the south seized sicily/raided italy. Magyar invaders from the east terrorized germany/italy. Vikings from the north (scandinavia, which was located above france, east of england, and west of russia), who were also known as northmen and norsemen, and were germanic. Vikings worshiped warlike gods, raiding with speed, leaving before an enemy could retaliate. Great warships, holding about 300 warriors, held prows that slept upward, with a sea monster at its end, sailing into water as shallow as 3 feet. Thus, vikings looted inland villages/monasteries by rowing up shallow creeks. Vikings were also traders, farmers, and explorers.
