There has been some misconception about who the Vikings are. Here, we talk about the people and their history, dispelling any myths that you might have about them. Once we’re through, you’ll have an appreciation for who they were, and their contribution to the world. Who are the Vikings? The Vikings were Norse people who …
1000 years ago, Vikings from the Nordic region swept the whole Europe, their intrepid battle efficiency took an enormous psychological toll on European people. The Viking Age has long gone, but the descendants of Vikings inherited the doughtiness of their ancestors. Even in the brutal WWII, the army of descendants of Vikings remained a powerful …
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The ancestral homeland of the Vikings was Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. They initially raided monasteries along the coasts of Western Europe, gradually expanding their invasions and plunder to other European countries. For over two centuries after the year 865 AD, Viking pirates would annually raid the British Isles during the summer. who was vikings? The …
The Vikings were an ancient seafaring people from the Scandinavian Peninsula, whose activities spanned the entire northern coastline of Europe. Due to the distinctiveness of their lifestyle and cultural background from modern society, their cuisine also possessed unique characteristics. This article will provide a detailed introduction to Viking dietary content, features, and the cultural significance …
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Vikings attached more attention on training their people the sense of war, which was also a common characteristic of primitive peoples in the early times. Under appalling living conditions, Vikings learnt to make a living by means of war, and became very proud of killing. Supported by this faith, Vikings were almost invincible when they …
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When Vikings swept the western Europe, all European countries were faced with great disasters. Meanwhile, the Britain Island on the Atlantic Ocean, became the main plundering target for Vikings. At that time, England, Scotland and Wales were not under the same flag, and even all of them were internally divided. This was a great opportunity …
The 9th century AD was a calamity-ridden century for Britain. Since the plunder of Lindisfarne Priory in 793 AD, Vikings had been repeatedly harassing England for decades. But no one realized that there would be a “pagan army” of thousands of soldiers arriving in Britain half a century later. This would be the beginning of pagan …
In the Middle Ages, Vikings rampaged along the European coastline in dragon ships. They did not only started the Viking Age, changed the history of Europe, but also brought great disasters to European people. Ireland was the worst-hit country of Viking invasion and harassing. Ancient Irish believed that the invaders were from Lochlann. Some people …
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Berserker was a kind of warriors in Norse mythology. They could shift into a state of wild frenzy when becoming angry, which enabled them to engage the enemy without armor. This was also the origin of in word “Berserker” in English. “Berserker” is composed of “Ber” and “Serk” and considered to originally mean “the warrior wearing …
As we know, Norway has beautiful scenery and good national welfare, but actually there are many more interesting things in this country. Many races live here and there is a long story behind each one of them. Norway is a country of many archipelagoes, on one of which there lives an unusual race who are …