HIST 1001 Lecture : West Civ Notes VIKINGS
Document Summary
Viking is a job description, not an ethnicity . Raider, explorer, merchant first time striking england at monastery of lindenfarne (bede is from this monastery), full of gold. Quick assault group, raid the board ship and leave. Vikings do not fight on ships, just travel. Winter 840-841 change in viking lifestyle- raiding party in middle of winter. 850 ad built winter encampments in england (no king at this point) Alfred first king of english, unify all the smaller kingdoms. Great heathen army: halfdan ragnarsson, ubbe ragnarsson, Ivar the boneless: brothers most likely from denmark (conquered northumbria switched to dane rule) Alfred the great of wessex ( king of the anglosaxons : celebrated as a saint in eng, makes england a true kingdom, good fighter, consolidates power, valiant defense of brit isles against vikings, treaties made. 880 ad gunthram converts to christianity, alfred stands as godfather.
