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What is the major campsite called, where the Vikings desecrated the Mercian
royal shrine of St. Wigstan?
Repton
What do know that Vikings used as weapons from archaeology finds?
-swords, axes, spears, lances, bows, arrows, wooden shields, and defensive body
armor
What were the purposes of lances, spears, and swords?
cuts and poking
What were axes used for?
-bring down shields and slash the enemy
What was the most prestigious and expensive weapon?
iron sword
Describe the most common type of swords.
90 cm long double edge blade fitted w/ upper and lower guards
What did the wood of ash tree provide?
strength and flexibility
What was the most common type of arrowheads?
arrowheads of iron
Where was the only helmet found from the Viking age?
Gjermundbu
What was the most common armor?
leather
Describe Viking radiing in England, Ireland, and the western Frankish
kingdom.
-progression of small seasonal raiding at end of 8th century
-larger raids to conquest and permanent settlement in 9th century
Where did it seem like there was already Viking presence?
Northern Islands of Scotland
When did the size of fleets (raiding) increase?
mid-19th century
What was the Viking's fighting style like?
based around the shield wall with some use of missile weapons
Describe Viking ship warfare.
-used ships well suited for the ocean but shallow enough to go far up rivers and
streams
-ships large enough to carry significant number of men, weapons, loot, etc.
-park-and-raid
-divided forces: land & waterways
-land move quicker
-ships carry supplies safe from counter attacks
What was the Danelaw treaty?
Viking king Guthrum set up treaty with Alfred the Great
-set up boundary between Viking dominated eastern part of England and the Anglo-
Saxon western part
How were silver hoards significant?
, -cultural memory of the area
-early form of Viking banking
-instability
What was the common interpretations of weapons found in rivers?
-losses during war
-offerings made after battle
When did Alfred the Great and Guthrum sign their peace treaty?
880-890
What does the term Danelaw widely used to refer to?
regions of the northern and eastern England that fell under Scandinavian control in
the 9th and 10th century
What did we know about the laws?
commonalities between district laws but no national law
What can you detect from the laws during this period?
a lot of Scandinavian influence
What does the peace treaty between Alfred the Great and Gurthrum indicate?
defined boundaries between English and Danish
Who granted Scandinavian freedom to determine their own laws?
Edward
What was a typical sign of Scandinavian presence?
free peasants
Where do Scandinavian place names occur?
Nottinghamshire
Leiscestershire
Lingonshire
Yorkshire
Wirral
Cumbria
Norfolk
What do we know about place names?
-relate to someone owning a place / magical feature
-ethnic hybridity in place-names
-used place names to navigate
What do we know about the ending -by?
productive among Normans
How did the Danelaws use for place names?
relate to settlement & establishing life in that area (farm life)
When did the Vikings first attack Ireland in the so-called burning of Rechru?
795
What was the most important site of connect between Frisia and Scandinavia?
port of Dorestad
What archaeological presence indicated Frisians present in Hereby and Birka?
coins, combs, Frisian style bronze keys & Muschelgrus-pottery
What did the ruling elite adopt its culture base on?
Late Antiquity Rome and contemporary Byzantine culture
What ideas did the ruling elite influence?
ideas of kingship, empire, dominion, & lower levels of socioeconomic organization in
estate economy
What was the masculine culture?
tradition of ceremonial drinking influenced by Carolingian culture
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What is the major campsite called, where the Vikings desecrated the Mercian
royal shrine of St. Wigstan?
Repton
What do know that Vikings used as weapons from archaeology finds?
-swords, axes, spears, lances, bows, arrows, wooden shields, and defensive body
armor
What were the purposes of lances, spears, and swords?
cuts and poking
What were axes used for?
-bring down shields and slash the enemy
What was the most prestigious and expensive weapon?
iron sword
Describe the most common type of swords.
90 cm long double edge blade fitted w/ upper and lower guards
What did the wood of ash tree provide?
strength and flexibility
What was the most common type of arrowheads?
arrowheads of iron
Where was the only helmet found from the Viking age?
Gjermundbu
What was the most common armor?
leather
Describe Viking radiing in England, Ireland, and the western Frankish
kingdom.
-progression of small seasonal raiding at end of 8th century
-larger raids to conquest and permanent settlement in 9th century
Where did it seem like there was already Viking presence?
Northern Islands of Scotland
When did the size of fleets (raiding) increase?
mid-19th century
What was the Viking's fighting style like?
based around the shield wall with some use of missile weapons
Describe Viking ship warfare.
-used ships well suited for the ocean but shallow enough to go far up rivers and
streams
-ships large enough to carry significant number of men, weapons, loot, etc.
-park-and-raid
-divided forces: land & waterways
-land move quicker
-ships carry supplies safe from counter attacks
What was the Danelaw treaty?
Viking king Guthrum set up treaty with Alfred the Great
-set up boundary between Viking dominated eastern part of England and the Anglo-
Saxon western part
How were silver hoards significant?
, -cultural memory of the area
-early form of Viking banking
-instability
What was the common interpretations of weapons found in rivers?
-losses during war
-offerings made after battle
When did Alfred the Great and Guthrum sign their peace treaty?
880-890
What does the term Danelaw widely used to refer to?
regions of the northern and eastern England that fell under Scandinavian control in
the 9th and 10th century
What did we know about the laws?
commonalities between district laws but no national law
What can you detect from the laws during this period?
a lot of Scandinavian influence
What does the peace treaty between Alfred the Great and Gurthrum indicate?
defined boundaries between English and Danish
Who granted Scandinavian freedom to determine their own laws?
Edward
What was a typical sign of Scandinavian presence?
free peasants
Where do Scandinavian place names occur?
Nottinghamshire
Leiscestershire
Lingonshire
Yorkshire
Wirral
Cumbria
Norfolk
What do we know about place names?
-relate to someone owning a place / magical feature
-ethnic hybridity in place-names
-used place names to navigate
What do we know about the ending -by?
productive among Normans
How did the Danelaws use for place names?
relate to settlement & establishing life in that area (farm life)
When did the Vikings first attack Ireland in the so-called burning of Rechru?
795
What was the most important site of connect between Frisia and Scandinavia?
port of Dorestad
What archaeological presence indicated Frisians present in Hereby and Birka?
coins, combs, Frisian style bronze keys & Muschelgrus-pottery
What did the ruling elite adopt its culture base on?
Late Antiquity Rome and contemporary Byzantine culture
What ideas did the ruling elite influence?
ideas of kingship, empire, dominion, & lower levels of socioeconomic organization in
estate economy
What was the masculine culture?
tradition of ceremonial drinking influenced by Carolingian culture
