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The
The Vikings
Vikings
British History
Lecture 4
The Vikings
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the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers,
warriors, merchants, and pirates
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raided and colonized wide areas of
Europe (the late eighth to the early
eleventh century)
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used longships to travel as far east as
Constantinople and the Volga River in
Russia, and as far west as Iceland,
Greenland, and Newfoundland
The Vikings
Viking
Viking expansion
expansion
Not only violence and
destruction
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Vikings – interested in acquiring territory,
establishing peaceful permanent
settlements
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Vikings – interested in acquiring territory,
establishing peaceful permanent
settlements
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Viking peoples went to extraordinary
lengths to set up new settlements:
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Harald Hardrada ventured as far as Russia
and Byzantium
â—¦
Colonies in Ireland
â—¦
Raids in France – Normandy the price the
western Franks paid for peace
â—¦
Leif Ericson explored America c. 1000
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Viking peoples went to extraordinary
lengths to set up new settlements:
â—¦
Harald Hardrada ventured as far as Russia
and Byzantium
â—¦
Colonies in Ireland
â—¦
Raids in France – Normandy the price the
western Franks paid for peace
â—¦
Leif Ericson explored America c. 1000
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