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The Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America.
3 wrz 2019 · Explore the key events of the Viking Age, from the first raids in the late 700s to the decline of Norse power, including major battles, exploration, and the lasting impact of Viking settlements. Ah, the Vikings!
7 maj 2020 · Discover the history of the Viking Age. From Norway, Scandinavia, and beyond, this is the story of the travelling Norsemen. Over the course of around 250 years, seafaring Norsemen left their homes to pursue riches abroad.
The Vikings were originally diverse Scandinavian seafarers from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (though other nationalities were later involved) whose raids and subsequent settlements significantly impacted the cultures of Europe and were felt as far as the Mediterranean regions c. 790 - c. 1100 CE.
6 gru 2019 · 917: Vikings retake Dublin. 918–920: Lincoln falls to the English king Edward the Elder and Aethelflaed. 919: Exiled Irish-Viking king Ragnall takes York, and as a king of Northumbria, submits to King Edward of Essex. 920: Ragnall dies and is succeeded by Sitric, a dynastic Viking rule.
During the Viking Age, the Norse homelands were gradually consolidated from smaller kingdoms into three larger kingdoms: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The Vikings spoke Old Norse and made inscriptions in runes. For most of the period, they followed the Old Norse religion, but later became Christians.
4 lis 2009 · In A.D. 793, an attack on the Lindisfarne monastery off the coast of Northumberland in northeastern England marked the beginning of the Viking Age.
