Why did the vikings get a bad reputation?

Answer 1

Well for starters the word "Viking" means for one to go raiding(to go viking). The bad reputation given to the Danes, Norwegians and Swedes "Viking" activity was do to the shear speed and brutality of there attacks killing indiscriminately taking everything they could fit on a boat then racing off. The "Vikings" were also pagans and all pagans were seen as heathens to Christendom. The Danes and Norwegians early on mostly attacked Christian sites in places such as France, Ireland, Germany and Island of Britain. They would later come back to settle and in the case of England and France becomes rulers, in Ireland they founded the first cities. The Swedes on the other hand mostly attacked in the east in places such as Finland, the Baltic states, Russia and the Byzantine Empire.

Answer 2

The vikings were fearless warriors. They stormed villages. They attacked fortresses.

They stole gold. They captured slaves. In short, they were rudyputudies

Answer 3

Because they attacked the Irish monasteries and the monks wrote it down.

Answer 4

because they invaded towns, stole the valuables, and the women, kill everyone else.

Answer 5

Well, killing people, stealing their stuff, kidnapping their women, and burning villages DOES tend to give you a bad rep.

Answer 6

yes