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- 1. The Vikings in Britain
- 3. Vikings • Also called Norsemen • The word „Viking“ means „Pirate raid“ • Great seafarers • Skillful craftsmen • Their expansion ended with Christianization • Fierce warriors
- 4. Earliest raids • 787 - First raid in Dorset • 793 - Monastery of Lindisfarne • Small raids common since • 865 - Large army of Danes invaded East Anglia • Northumbria conquered and settled by the Danes • Invasion of Wessex repelled by Alfred the Great
- 5. Map of Viking attack routes
- 6. Viking Invasion continues… • Most of occupied lands captured back by the army of Wessex • Danelaw established • 947 - New wave of viking attacks • Norwegian king Eric Bloodaxe captured York • Sweyn I (1013-1014) • Canute the Great (1016-1035)
- 7. Danelaw Map
- 8. Kingdom of Canute the Great
- 9. What happened next? • Troubles with inheritance • Harthacanute vs. Harold Harefoot • Return of Edward the Confessor from exile in Normandy • 1042 - Restoration of Saxon Wessex dynasty • 1066 – Last attempt of Norwegians to invade England, defeated by Anglo-Saxons who were in turn defeated by William of Normandy
- 10. Vikings in Scotland • Scotland – Norwegians defeated Picts who lost their power and Kingdom of Scotland was found • Islands off Scotland coast were part of Norway until 1468
- 11. Vikings in Wales and Cornwall • Of all parts of nowadays Great Britain Wales was least settled by Vikings • Vikings were not able control Wales for longer period • Cornwall became an ally of Vikings and helped them conquer Wessex, remained independent of Vikings
- 12. Vikings in Ireland • Ireland was devided into many small kingdoms • Heavily settled by the Vikings • Norsemen could not conquer whole island and were finally defeated by Irish allied forces • High Kingdom of Ireland was founded though after danger was overthrown it felt apart
- 13. Areas settled by Vikings
- 14. Ships • Longship - „Drakkar“ • Merchantship – „Knarr“
- 15. Famous Misconceptions • Horned helms were used only for ritual ceremonies not in combat • Vikings were not savage marauders, they had advanced trade and culture • They did not use sculls of their enemies as cups • Uncleanliness? No way, look at the Anglo- Saxons instead