HIST 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Lightning, Bayeux Tapestry, Mont Saint-Michel
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Took a lot of valuable objects from the church > enslaved people. Horrifying incident in the eye of the christians. Start of the viking age (landmark moment in european history) Spent time doing this before viking expansion. Valkyries= women who selected people to go to valhalla and keep fighting. Select warriors of odin (god of war) Women associated with fighting on front lines along with other male soldiers. Tell that after battle between vikings and christians, if christians won, they would find dead women outside the city gates. Community of viking women living in denmark. Criticize amount of freedom that women have; this supports critique. Viking religion through the eyes of a christian: adam of bremen, 11th c. ce-- the temple and. Uppsala is most important religious sanctuary in scandinavian world. Refers to viki(cid:290)gs as (cid:907)heathe(cid:290)s(cid:908) (cid:907)blood eagle(cid:908) Inar carved blood eagle on his back w/ a sword, cut out his lungs, and gave to odin.
