Vikings

The great hall of a castle or manor house was the most important room for many purposes. It was the place where formal functions happened, guests were entertained, and dinners were eaten. It was often divided by partitions into many areas for different purposes, including offices, other work areas, a dining area, and the sleeping quarters of at least the lord and his family.

It was a very large room, and very high, typically having no ceiling but the roof. There was an architectural reason for such a great room, which was that chimneys were unknown at the time of construction of most castles and manor houses. The chimney was invented in the 12th century, and caught on rather slowly because chimneys were expensive, required understanding to construct, and required maintenance. The result was that there were no fireplaces in buildings before the 12th century, and very few after that in the Middle Ages.

The great hall was usually heated by an open fire on a hearth in the middle of the room. The smoke rose through the room to the ceiling, which was why the ceiling was so high. It passed out of the room through openings under the gables or in the roof. An opening in the roof was usually capped by a structure called a louver with openings in the sides, so the rain or snow would not come in.

An alternate to a central fire was to have the hearth against a stone wall and have a smoke canopy over it to gather the smoke and vent it through the wall. This was done in kitchens, but seems not to have been done in the great halls. We have pictures of smoke canopies, but they seem always to have been in kitchens.

The greatest difference between medieval architecture and the Tudor style that followed in the Renaissance was that the great hall was either absent or much smaller in Tudor buildings. Rooms could be built over the great hall, and so it was not as high. The need for distributed heat from a central fire was gone, so bedrooms, dining rooms, offices, and so on, could be placed as the owners wished and heated by their own fires in fireplaces.

There is a link to a picture of a medieval great hall below, showing the placement of the central hearth, with firewood piled on it.

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The people of the colony had to abandon it because of attacks from the natives.

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they left their home land because it was too over populated and they didnt have enough land to provide enough food for their whole population. So they took to raiding until England offered them land so that they wouldn't raid them or other countries any more. In general they where nice they where forced into rainding and invading countries.

Life in Scandinavia was hard; living there meant dealing with a harsh climate, rapid population growth, disputes over land, political turmoil and religious conflict with neighbouring saxons. Venturing out into other lands it meant that they could gain political asylum, economic benefits, trading opportunities, fame in battle and an escape from antagonism. The vikings were very skillful when it came to sailing and were very knowledgeable about the lands surrounding Scandinavia, and it was very easy for them to invade by sea. From voyages of trade, exploration and invasion, vikings discovered fertile lands that they later would settle. Farming and cultivation conditions in Scandinavia were very poor, so by moving they began to create an easier lifestyle. They needed large portions of land for their crops and livestock and leaving also meant that they would escape the conflict over resources. The vikings occupied many christian lands as retribution for previous conflict and also because they had converted and were starting to adopt to new customs. Many vikings lived good wealthy lives in Scandinavia with numerous possessions, but they wanted more room for their possessions and comfortable living. In order to do so many left Scandinavia and conquered or settled other lands. Many also left to trade in Europe; which at the time did not have much competition.

There are many decks for longships that are way huger than the Serpent, so Vikings could live and shelter in there. For longships smaller than the Serpent, Vikings hold up their shields to shelter themselves.

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Leif Ericson is NOT correct! Erik the Red discovered and created a settlement on Greenland. Leif Erikson, his son, was born in Greenland, and explored and discovered Newfoundland and Vinland.

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Leif Ericson is not known to have used any navigational tools; no compasses, sextants, or maps, yet somehow he knew where he was going. How he and his countrymen accomplished this is still discussed, but not known for certain.

Viking boats i believe were called longboats, with a sort of weird swan shaped front and back. The vikings would sit and row in synchronisation at a fast pace, which is why they were superb invaders!

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Late 8th century to mid 11th century.

The Vikings under Leif Ericson are thought to have visited North America around 1000 AD and built settlements in the area near Newfoundland in Canada. The Viking records show that they called the new lands Vinland. There is archaeological evidence of their tools and implements in a few locations such as L'Anse aux Meadows.

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they attacked the breaking up Roman empire. They raided towns and showed no mercy to women and children. They started raiding more northen European countries and eventually attacked villages further south.

He couldn't have since King Arthur is believed to have lived some time during the 6th century and the Vikings did not start raiding until the 8th.

Eric the Red and his son Leif Ericson were two of the more famous ones. Guthrum was a Viking leader who opposed Alfred the Great in England; Guthrum eventually converted to Christianity, with Alfred as his godfather. Vikings didn't really have a single leader; the "king" was typically whoever held the most land, in a given area.

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Raiding and war

Iceland, Greenland, Vinland (North America).

Too far to trade with other Vikings, and because of attacks from the natives.