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Vikings
Vikings were Scandinavian or Norse pirates, etchants, warriors and explorers who explored, traded, raided and settled in many areas of Europe and the North Atlantic from the 8th to 11th century.
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Why did many people believe that the vikings discovered America?
The viking ships were better then the ships of other people of the time and the vikings allready had colonies on Iceland and Greenland so its not so strange that some of them wanted to explore further to the west and perhpas create new colonies of their own.
Why did the vikings travel on sea and not travel by land?
The Vikings were able to trade and raid easily (as well as expand) their reach due to economic and military weaknesses in neighboring countries, and due to the unprofitability of old trade routes in that period.
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It was impossible for a Norse woman to be a viking, since being a Viking was to be of a particular sect of the Norse culture.
The idea of a female viking warrior is a myth, mostly due to Victorian notions of what the Valkyrie where wing helmed warrior maidens. When you actually read the Edda's they are actually considered shapeshifters that took on the form of the crows/ravens and wolves that came around after a battle was over.
No, the women of the Nordic countries where much like the Christian women of dark ages in their roles with a few added powers when things like divorce came along. They kept the hearth warm, and tended to the daily needs of the children and her husband. If the man was away on trade or in war then she would take over the managing of the farm/house until the man returned.
From my understanding women where not even allowed to wield weapons unless in the defense of the home and they where barred from Things in which the men would conduct meetings for the year ahead, which would include any plans for raiding or wars.
For more information please check out:
https://thevikingworld.pbworks.com/w/page/3931551/Real-Women-of-the-Viking-Age
which provides basic information and links to more articles about the role of women in Nordic Dark Age society, including an article about where the myth of the Norse warrior woman came about.
Spoons, along with knives, forks and chopsticks are generally lumped together as eating implements or cutlery.
In the earliest days people ate with their hands but hot cooked foods soon made this uncomfortable and difficult (especially for soups). People improved on this using cupped pieces of bread or seashells to scoop up saucy or fluid foods and knives or sharp twigs to spear the lumps. Forks came much later as lump spearers and lifters while knives were limited to cutting larger lumps into smaller. Chopsticks evolved on their own apart from western eating tools. The spoon drifted through this period essentially unchanged.
Vikings were pretty much in the "use your fingers for big chunks, knifes to spear and hold hot chunks and spoons for the liquids" phase of table manners. Their spoons would be made of horn or metal or carved from wood. A set of instructions for making your own Viking wooden spoon starting with a log is at the link.
Is there proof that the vikings came to Canada?
The runestones that dated back to the same time that it was documented that the Viking's discovered Vinland. Also, in 1960, L'anse aux Meadows was found, which was a major Viking port here in North America, and where they first settled.
When do the Vikings play the Cowboys?
The Vikings will play Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 7:20pm CST against the Green Bay Packers.
Did loiki the viking god have children?
He had five, in all. Two with Sigyn, Nari and Vali. Vali gets turned into a wolf, who attacks and guts Nari. Nari's guts are then used to bind Loki to the rocks as punishment. Its possible that Sigyn was an pre-viking age goddess that was worshipped, and based on her name, she may have been similar to Freya; a Goddess of both war and love.
His other children with his istress Angrboda was the Goddess Hella, who is half beautiful (albeit pale) woman, half decomposing corpse, the wolf Fenrir, and the serpent Jormangand.
Where was the vikings territory?
The Vikings original homeland was in Scandanavia. However their logn-term conquests included large parts of Britain, France, Sicily, and Russia as well as settlements in Greenland and Iceland..
Who were the vikings of Europe?
The Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity.
What did the monks think of the vikings?
the monks protected themselves from viking in a round towers when the vikings came the monks grabbed anything valuable and climbed to the door and then pulled up the ladder .If you want to see a round tower go on google images.
What do ancient vikings warriors wear?
Many probably didn't wear helmets at all. Artwork from that era shows roughly half of Vikings in battle bareheaded, while the rest wear unremarkable dome-shaped or conical helmets. Low class or poor vikings wore leather helmets that didn't last. A few metal ones have been included iron "spectacle" helmets, so called because they have bronze eye-and-nose guards that look a bit like a pair of glasses. In general a viking owned only a pound or two of iron fo r his weapons and armor, so equipment was a t a minimum.
One thing that they did not wear was a helmet with eagle wings or cows horns. That affectation is reserved for opera vikings and cheesy movies made on a tight budget.
A jury of 12, two times twelve or three times twelve, depending on the importance of the case, decided the question of guilt. The 'law-sayer' told the jury what the law said about the crime committed and the accused was either convicted or declared innocent by the jury.
If convicted, the criminal was either fined or declared an out-law. To be an outlaw meant that the criminal had to live out in the wilderness and no one was allowed to help him in any way, and he was free game for his enemies. They were free to do their best to hunt him down and kill him.
'Ull's ring', the sacred ring of the Norse god ULL, is supposed to have been important at trials.
What about Vikings attacking and raiding other people?There was no law against war with others (Is there today?). Like the Elizabethans in England and others, the Vikings had no law against piracy as long as it was against the "enemy", so raids outside the "law-area" were not illegal! To solve disputesHolmgang (A duel) was a common way of solving disputes and there were detailed rules for duels. If the duel took place near the coast a small islet, hulme or skerry was chosen, and inland duels took place at some secluded place. Swords and shields were favourite weapons. The sagas state that a dueller was defeated as soon as his blood touched the ground. To win a duel was regarded as proof that you were right, because the gods always helped the "right" man to win. The introduction of Christianity put an end to this kind of duel. Ordeal by fireJernbyrd 'carrying of (hot) iron' (Old Norse: Járnburdr) The Christian church introduced the Vikings to ordeal by fire. The most common method was to grab a piece of iron from boiling water and walk 9 paces with it carrying it in ones hands.This way of deciding the truth outlived the Viking Age. Inga from Varteig in 1218 'carried iron' to prove her son Håkon Håkonsson (king of Norway 1217 - 1263) was the rightful heir to the throne of Norway.
Fire-walkingWalking 12 paces on red-hot irons (ploughshares for instance); could prove innocence if after 3 days the feet were inspected and the wounds were found clean e.g. without infection.
Harald Gille, king of Norway from 1130 - 1136, "proved" his right to the throne walking on hot iron.
The Christian church introduced these methods and the church also abolished them. In Norway it was abolished in in 1247.
Note!In Fiji, among other places, fire walking is still performed today using hot stones. This is done as a cultural ceremony, not a trial.
Source:
http://www.viking.no/e/life/elaws.htm
Who was the last viking ruler?
Depends where of. You could argue that William the Conqueror and his descendents were Viking rulers.
What tools did the vikings use for crops?
The vikings had a wide range of tools. Besides the common blacksmithing tools and farm tools such as hammers, tongs, anvil, plow, hoe, shovel and pitch forks, along with saws and axes (of course), they a wide range of things that we today take for granted. They had scissors, tweezers, combs and brushes, ear spoons to remove ear wax. They had locksmithing tools to make keys, flint and steel to make fires. And they had the tools to make fine jewelry.
More information can be found here:
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/wood.shtml
What did Vikings do when they were not rowing or fighting?
Most of the "vikings" during the viking age where not vikings at all. They were farmers. A viking is not a nationality, but rather a profession that was undertook most commonly by the 2nd sons of chieftains and kings to make a name for themselves, inviting along their friends and hired soldiers to fill up the ranks.
When did the vikings attack Rome?
They invaded the British Isles and mainland Europe after 800AD. The last major incursion was defeated by the English in 1066.
Why did the Vikings left Scandinavia?
They never left! they went around the hole world, they even explored North America 1000 years ago! but the never moved away from Skandinavia (mostly Norway) So I am a Viking ;)
some of the vikings like Eric the red left Norway because his father killed someone so he later moved to iceland but then he kiled two guys and then was forced to leave iceland so he went ot Greenland
