8 Mythology
Internet Resources
- VikingsA collection of resources from the ABC
Viking Achievement
- The Amazing VikingsGreat article from Time Magazine describing the impact of the Vikings on the World.
- The Vikings and their impact (c.800-1000 CE)Flowcharts of history.
- Leif EricsonBiography.
- Leif EricsonBiography by Totally History.com.
- Leif EricsonArticle on Encyclopaedia.com.
- Eric the RedArticle from Encyclopaedia.com.
- Eric the RedWikipedia article.
- Canute the GreatSimple wikipedia article.
- Vikings - LegacySection of a wikipedia article.
VIKINGS
The name 'Viking' comes from a language called Old Norse and means pirate raid. People who went raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'. They travelled from Denmark, Norway and Sweden to countries like Britain and Ireland to fight, or settle new land for farming.
Nifty Norsemen
Vikings came from the area we know as Scandinavia, which includes the nations of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
Scandinavia was originally a self-sustaining agricultural society that produced its own iron goods and conducted some minor trading. Archaeological evidence suggests that rapid population growth created so much pressure on the limited amount of land that the people turned to the sea as raiders. Most Scandinavians did not go A-Viking but were farmers, fishermen, or traders.
Viking Mythology
Viking Laws
- Viking Settlements: making LawsIn Viking society, the strongest leaders were 'jarls', or earls.
- Daily life in the Viking periodViking Society - A Self-Regulated Society.
- Medieval Sourcebook: TacitusTacitus, an important Roman historian, wrote the most detailed early description of the Germans at then end of the first century CE.. In doing so, be warned, he was commenting on the Rome of his own time, as much as on the German themselves.
- Slavery and Thralldom: The Unfree in Viking SkandinaviaExplains the social structure of Viking society.
Viking Beliefs and Religion
- Viking ReligionBBC website examines the changes from pagan to Christian beliefs.
- Viking beliefs and stories: The Norse MythsBBC Primary History website.
- Viking MythologyFrom Viking Heroes website.
- Viking BeliefsFrom the Leif Erickson Viking Ship website.
- Vikings: Religion and BeliefsSource: sealvikings wiki.