History of the Vikings

several(prenominal) masses ideate Vikings were well(p) a theme of people with hats with horns, just now they are much more than that, they were really strategic to history. The people who lived in Scandinavia more or less 800 to 1100 year are to the highest degree known\nas Vikings. The expression viking came of the venerable Scandinavian language, which core pirates. Many people think of vikings simply as rattling(a) invaders but, however, they were also great explorers, conquerors, farmers, traders and craftsmen, and create fair laws and a form of democracy.\nLike I mentioned before, vikings were from an old civilization of the region of Scandinavia, that no longer exists in nowadays, because it was shared in three countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. similarly known as Normans or Nordic, they developed their culture thank to agricultural activities, crafts and a rummy maritime trade. In the new sevenerI the invasion of nifty Britain by the vikings happened. A powerfull phalanx started a war that resulted in the conquest of much of the British land. With that Danelaw was established, it was a vast dirt that included mid-north and east of Britain. At the same time, Vikings continued their intricacy in Scottish land.\nin one case again, back to the late VII century, when the vikings invasion happened, the island of Lindisfarme, on the north-east coast of England, sheltered farmers, pastors and apparitional people. It was a sacred place, where deification Aidan had lived 100 years before. altogether of the treasure of the town were ground on cult objects much(prenominal) as chalices made of odd metals, which were kept in a monastery. The Lindisfarme feared an invasion, because most of Europe was Christian, but they knew that they wouldnt touch their Christian treasures. But their confidence didnt last long when on 8 June 793 when a group of men landed on the island coming from the frozen part of Europe, the vikings had appeared . Quickly, they assaulted the monastery and killed the monks.\nIt was just the beginnin...