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- Brief historical background about the Vikings.
- The causes, nature and significant battles of Vikings invasion of England.
- Viking settlement and establishment of Danelaw.
- The end of the Viking Age in England.
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Let’s know more about the vikings.
- The Vikings’ homeland was Scandinavia: Denmark, modern Norway and Sweden. The term ‘Vik’ in Old Norse means bay or creek and is often associated with ‘Vikinger’ meaning pirates. Historically, they were defined as brave explorers, smart traders, and strategic warriors. The Vikings were referred by the name Norsemen, highlighting their geographical homeland location, which is the North. They were also called by various other names, such as Northmen, sea-rovers, the great army, or the heathens by Anglo-Saxon writers.
- These peculiar names associated with the Vikings were based on the bloody invasions of Britain.
Leaving homeland: Vikings invasion of England
- To begin with, the Vikings were farmers, thus to find better land for farming was a compelling reason to make them search and possess more and better land.
- Adding to this, their lands were very challenging to farm. Norway was very hilly, forests in Sweden and sandy soil in Denmark. The other reason was expansion; more land was always a good motive for raiding.
- The Vikings always sought to expand their territory as they wanted to settle in every place they raided. A very important reason was trade.
- Another reason would be acquiring treasures; gold and silver. The wealth of monasteries made the Vikings hungry and excited for more raids.
Reasons for invasion:
- Farming land
- Lucrative trade
- Gold and silver
- The Viking Age in Britain began with raids in June 793 CE at the abbey of Lindisfarne. It was followed by the sacking of the monastery of Jarrow in Northumbria in 794 CE and Iona in Scotland in 795 CE. Viking raids continued until 1066 with the invasion of Harald Hardrada, the Norwegian King who became known as the ‘last of the Vikings’.
- Lindisfarne Priory became the first victim of raids by the Vikings due to its coastline location. Founded in 635 CE, the monastery was among the important pilgrimage sites in the area.
- The Holy Island of Lindisfarne was the first target of the Viking invaders. The Norsemen landed on the island, stole treasures, destroyed religious relics, killed monks, and they left the monastery bloody, sinking in its own ruins. The attack on Lindisfarne left the people of Britain in shock and fear.
- Snatching the gold and silver from the pious place, made the Norsemen more eager to organize more raids. The British religious isles could not stand as a resisting power to the Vikings’ raiding force, that fact favoured the Norsemen, and encouraged them to further attack Britain.
- In the following years, the Norsemen kept going on raiding missions accompanied with small raiding parties. Their motive was to plunder the land’s riches.
- However, those small raiding parties ceased plundering the riches of the coastal villages when three Viking leaders came to unify the armies of the north. The three Viking leaders sought more than riches, they sought land. Thus, Britain was more threatened with what was referred to as the great heathen army.
- The second big raid took place in AD. 865. The great heathen army had other motives than to snatch the gold and silver of the monasteries. This army was an organized invasion force, consisting of warriors from both Denmark and Norway.
- According to some historians, the fleets of the Norsemen came under the leadership of the famous warlord Ragnar Lodbrok’s sons, Ubba, Ivar The Boneless, and Halfdan Ragnarsson. They landed with the invasion force on the coast of East Anglia.
- They settled for a while before capturing Northumbria and York. Followed by a series of attacks, Wessex was the only Anglo-Saxon kingdom that wasn’t under the Vikings control.
- At saint’s day, York was attacked by forces led by Ivar the Boneless, and Halfdan in AD. 866.
- The town of York was exposed to the great heathen army raid; all the leaders were in the Cathedral which made them vulnerable and unready for battle. York was renamed “Jorvik” after being conquered, and it was made the capital of the Vikings settlements in Britain.
- By AD.886, the Vikings forces failed to conquer Wessex in the first two attacks. At that time Wessex was under the rule of Alfred the Great.
- The Norsemen produced textile, forged weapons, made glass and jewels in York. This capital proved to be a great economical trade centre.Jorvik’s last ruler, Eric Bloodaxe, also known as “the bloody tyrant”, was thrown out of York in AD. 954. After the town was reclaimed under the Anglo-Saxon rule.
- The third attack on Wessex was followed by a meeting between Guthrum, the leader of the Viking invaders, and Alfred the King of Wessex to negotiate terms of a peace treaty.Guthrum was baptised and given the name “Athelstan” when the peace treaty was established. In return, he was formally recognized as the King of East Anglia by King Alfred the Great. The first article of the treaty draws the boundaries of the Vikings settlement in East Anglia.
- By 873, the kingdom of Mercia completely fell to the Vikings. After eight years of raiding England, the Heathen army split in half. Halfdan Ragnarsson conquered the north, while the other half moved south.
- As Halfdan conquered the north, his army began to plough the land and established farms. In the south, his brother Guthrum faced a series of battles against King Alfred.
- At the Battle of Edington, the Anglo-Saxons were victorious against the Vikings. As a result, Wessex became the only kingdom free from the Vikings.
- In the mid 10th century, the second Vikings age rose from Denmark’s emerging power. The Vikings started striking the British Isles again. The Anglo-Saxon army met bitter defeat against the enormous Danish force at the battle of Maldon.
- Raids kept taking place to ravage the major towns in England. Taxes of silver and gold were imposed on the Anglo-Saxons’ towns and leaders. It crippled the process of raising a force in order to resist the Vikings’ control.
Establishment of the Danelaw
- Given the success of the Viking expansion in the 9th century, Danelaw, which refers to the lands to the north and east of England, were conquered by the invaders.
- Under the Danelaw, five fortified towns, which became known as the Five Boroughs, were established. Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Stamford, and Lincoln. These five towns under the control of the Vikings followed Danish law and customs.
- A total of fifteen shires were included in the Danelaw. Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln, York, Essex, Cambridge, Suffolk, Northampton, Norfolk, Huntington, Bedford, Middlesex, Hertford and Buckinghamshire.
- A Danish Jarldom ruled each borough controlling the lands and answered to a Jorvik or overlord in the Viking Kingdom of York.
- By 942, King Edmund recovered the Five Boroughs from the Vikings.
- For some time, the Danelaw established civilian peace between the neighbouring Anglo-Saxon and Viking communities.
- As a result of this co-existence, many Norse words were mixed into the the English language.
- In order to eliminate challenges to the throne, especially from the Wessex dynasty, Cnut executed a number of noblemen. Etheling, son of Ethelred, fled from England but was later killed, while his half-brother to Emma of Normandy, Edward, was sent into exile.
- In July 1017, he married Emma, widow of Ethelred and daughter of Richard I of Normandy. Their son, Harthacnut was later named as his heir.
- Upon collecting enormous Danegeld, Cnut paid off his army and sent the majority home. In addition, heregeld, an annual tax to pay the army, was also collected.
- The Danelaw constitution was reinstated. Moreover, he strengthened the system of coinage. By 1033, Wessex came under the control of Godwin, an influential Anglo-Saxon family from Sussex. Later on, Cnut allowed Anglo-Saxon nobility whom he trusted to dominate the lands. The end of the Viking age in 1066 was due to a conflict over the throne. After marking the death of Anglo-Saxon King Edward the confessor. Harald, a Viking ruler, claimed his rightful place to the throne of England, regarding an agreement between him and the successor of Cnut’s son.
- Harald sailed to England with 300 ships filled with 11 000 warriors. He planned to seize the throne from Harold Godwinson. The Norsemen King Harald invaded York for a first stop.
- However, that did not last long, because the King of England was already expecting a Norsemen invasion from the south. Thus he acted upon his expectations and moved his troops fast. With possessing the element of surprise, he crushed the Norman army.
- According to historians, only 24 ships out of 300 returned to their homeland. Harold Godwinson’s army was weakened despite his success over the Norman invaders. Then three weeks later, he was attacked and defeated by William Normandy. But the end of the Vikings age was marked with the death of King Harald and the crushing of his force.
Significant battles between the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
- The Norsemen army, lead by the three sons of Ragnar Lodbrok; Ivar, Ubba and Halfdan set foot in East Anglia in 865 AD. The Scandinavian forces were given treasures, horses, and food from the local East Anglicans who sought peace. This suited the Vikings army as they longed for reinforcement. Then they marched north.
- As was mentioned before, the Vikings forces waited for saint’s day to attack York. The Vikings are usually characterised as fierce warriors and rarely tactile. However, this invasion proved the opposite.
- The great heathen army captured East Anglia and York. Then Ivar the Boneless decided to take half of the forces to Ireland while Halfdan remained with a respectable amount of soldiers in England.
- Soon, Ivar began to raid and plunder the wealth of the countryside of Wessex. However, when Halfdan was raiding along the banks of the River Kennet, a portion of Wessex army led by Ealdorman Athelwulf took them by surprise and that was a great loss for the Vikings. In this battle, the Normans made a tactical mistake which is separating their forces.
- The Anglo-Saxon army killed Halfdan and crushed his army, only a few men were left alive to tell the story of the first Anglo-Saxon victory over the Vikings.
- The epic battle upon the hills of the city Edington was planned by Gathrum. He placed his army above the hills forcing a battle to his favour.
- Although Guthrum was well planned, and his defensive tactics were great, the Anglo-Saxon army was able to wipe the Vikings defences after a very lengthy battle. That resulted in many deaths of both forces. The Vikings power gradually decreased and finally, Guthrum fled with a small portion of his army.
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This is a fascinating block about the fearsome Viking raiders. Learn about the beliefs and weapons of the Viking warriors, the design of their longships and famous Viking leaders and explorers. Construct your own Viking shield and longships and consolidate knowledge by creating a Viking Quest game.
Session 1 Researching Viking warriors
- Understand how knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
- Ask historically valid questions.
- Learn about the success of the Viking invasion.
- Use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.
Lesson Planning
Learn about Viking warriors: their names, beliefs and weapons. Make your own Viking shield.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To understand the beliefs and weaponry of the Viking Warriors.
- To make a Viking shield.
- To select appropriate information for a research question.
Children can:
- Discover the beliefs of Viking warriors.
- Explore Viking weaponry and armour.
- Research Viking warrior’s names and choose their own.
- Design a Viking shield.
Provided Resources
- Viking Raids
- Research questions and possible websites
- Shield designs resource
- Template for shield design
- Designing Viking shields
- Unit Resources
You Will Need
- Computers, ipads or tablets
- DK Eyewitness book – Viking
How did the Vikings fight? from bbc.co.uk Viking warriors from fun-facts.org.uk The Saga of Bjorn - YouTube clip
Session 2 What made the Viking longship a good mode of transport?
- Use simple organisational devices such as headings and sub-headings evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
Learn about the features of the formidable Viking longships ready to design and make your own.
- To understand how the design and build of the Viking longship helped with successful invasions.
- To locate relevant information and write a fact-file on Viking longships.
- Discover the key features of Viking longships.
- Discover why Viking longships were successful in what they did.
- Select relevant information to create a fact file on Viking longships.
- Design own fact file in booklet or poster form.
- Viking ships
- Viking longship resource
- Small booklets made by the children or in advance
Vikings at sea from bbc.co.uk Fun facts about Viking Longships from fun-facts.org.uk Facts about viking boats from historyhit.com
Session 3 How did the Vikings construct the longships?
- Learn about the impact of the Vikings on early design techniques.
Design and Technology
- Investigate and analyse boat designs.
- Understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world
Investigate the design of Viking longships and the building methods techniques used by the Vikings. Draw design plans for your own longship.
- To understand how we can investigate the design and build of the Viking longship.
- To analyse the building techniques used by the Vikings.
- Investigate the key features of the Viking longship.
- Plan a design for a longship.
- Evaluate through discussion how own design could be improved.
- Note taking sheet
- Viking longship planning and evaluating
- Longship plan card
- Teaching Resources 2
- Teaching Resources 3
- 100 Viking Facts book
- Viking longships PowerPoint (session 2)
- PDF Viking longships resource – see weblinks
- Strips of card or balsa wood and template for demonstrating
Constructing a Viking longship - YouTube clip Dendrochronology used to date Viking longship - YouTube clip PDF instructions to build Viking longship from bbc.co.uk
Session 4 Can I construct a longship based on my plan and design?
- Select from and use specific tool for own design, techniques, processes and equipment precisely.
- Select from and use a wider, more complex range of materials based on own ideas.
- Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce their longship.
Construct and evaluate your own Viking longship.
- To understand the role of archaeologists in uncovering remains and how the past can be pieced together.
- To use plans to design own ship and evaluate techniques in design and offer solutions for any improvements.
- Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.
- Create strength in their structure.
- Ensure ship is of a similar design style to an original.
- Evaluate through discussion how own design could be more successful.
- Longship images
- Viking song
- Viking longship instructions
- Viking longship planning and evaluating (session 3)
- Longship plan card (session 3 - if using for template)
- Viking longships (session 3 - if using for template)
- Strips of card or balsa wood and template for building
- Lolly sticks
- Squares of fabric for sail
- Extra card for shields
- Willow or doweling for masts
- Modelling clay, craft knife, silver card
Timelapse video showing chn building a replica Viking longship from makeyourownhistory.co.uk PDF instructions to make a Viking longship from bbc.co.uk Image of a longship found in Oseburg from pbs.org
Session 5 Were all the Vikings warriors?
- Analyse the characters of successful Viking leaders.
- To develop ideas through drama and role play.
Learn about famous Viking leaders and explorers.
- To empathise with the Viking leaders and ordinary people of this time.
- To ask relevant questions of the person in role.
- To use this knowledge to be a persuasive Viking leader.
- Analyse the characteristics of Viking leaders.
- Persuade others to join you as a loyal follower.
- Important leaders
- Famous Vikings
- DK Eyewitness book – Viking, Discovering new lands , p. 26-27 Trading East and West
- 100 Viking Facts book - Traders, Explorers and Settlers
Video about Viking trade relationships -YouTube clip Famous vikings from viking-source.com
Session 6 Can I become part of the Viking invasion?
- Learn more about the reasons the Vikings invaded.
- To develop ideas through information communication technology.
Consolidate your learning about Viking raiders by creating your own Viking invasion board game for other children.
- To evaluate the success of the Vikings in the context of British history.
- To use knowledge of the Vikings to solve the Quest successfully.
- Use knowledge to complete a Viking Quest
- Design a board game to relive how the Viking invasion was
- Evaluate the board game to a set of criteria
- Game template resource
- Planning a board game resource
- Computers or tablets
- Selection of resources for making: Large boards, coloured pens, paperclips, paper, card, tape, glue, dice, counters
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The Vikings were Scandinavian sea explorers and warriors. They originated from modern-day Denmark , Norway , and Sweden . In popular culture, they were often depicted as pirates who raided England.
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Origin and their homeland.
- Prior to being known as raiders of England, the Vikings lived in Scandinavia. In their homeland, the Vikings heavily relied on fishing and agriculture.
- Due to mountainous terrain, most Vikings settled in Denmark rather than Norway. As farmers, Vikings cultivated oats, wheat, barley, and rye. The men usually hunted reindeer, lynx, lemmings, elk, and seals for meat.
- In addition to meat, they also used animal skins for clothing, especially during cold winters. During the summer , Viking women dried meat and fish for the winter .
- Viking communities settled near coastlines or rivers. Longhouses made of planks were usually designed with minimal openings, like doors and a tiny hole in the roof.
- In addition to being skilled craftsmen, the Vikings were shipbuilders.
- They were known for their longships that could traverse strong sea waves and shallow rivers. Viking boats were known for their length and narrowness. Made of planks, longships had sails and oars.
- Archeological evidence showed that the Vikings used their longships to trade with other territories, including Russia and Central Asia. Often depicted as raiders, Viking ships were decorated with an animal headpiece like a dragon or snake .
- Between the 8th and 11th century, the Vikings established trading with the Byzantine Empire, the Baltic, the Middle East, Newfoundland, and Greenland.
- There were numerous Viking vessels excavated in Denmark which showed that they used several types of vessel for different purposes: cargo ships called knarr, merchant vessels named knarrwas, and the usual longships.
VIKING SOCIETY
- Contrary to popular belief which sees the Vikings as barbarians, their society was governed by laws. As a matter of fact, earlier Viking settlements were ruled by Earls who officiated things. A thing was a political gathering of Viking men who owned land. Held annually, a thing was the opportunity to make, amend, and enforce laws.
- Punishments such as death and exile were given to Vikings who broke laws, including murder and adultery.
- Compared to other medieval societies in Europe , Viking society followed a less rigid social hierarchy. Their society was composed of Jarls, Karls, and Thralls.
- The Jarls were nobles who were normally wealthy and influential. The Karls were craftsmen, silversmiths, shipbuilders, and merchants who dominated communities in number. They were often associated with raiding foreign lands. At the bottom of the hierarchy were Thralls, composed of slaves and criminals.
- Members of the nobility or the Jarls were recognized by their clothing, jewelry, and headpieces like metal helmets, while the lower class usually wore leather caps. The Vikings did not wear helmets with horns like how they are depicted in popular culture; instead, their metal helmets were round.
- Viking life was heavily influenced by religion and rituals. The Vikings believed in the existence of nine worlds and several gods, including Odin , Thor, Loki, and Freyr. Their mythology was passed on through the Viking sagas.
- The Vikings believed that Yggdrasil or the world tree was divided into nine realms or worlds. It included Alfheim, where the light elves lived, Asgard, the home of Odin, Vanaheim, where the fertility god Vanir could be found, Midgard or the middle earth home of humans, connected to Asgard through a rainbow bridge, Jotunheim, the home of rock giants, Svartalfheim where the dark elves lived, Nidavellir, the home of talented dwarves, Muspelheim for the fire giants, and Helheim, the underworld ruled by Hel, daughter of Loki.
- Like the Ancient Greeks , the Vikings believed in the afterlife. Dead bodies were usually cremated. Wealthy and influential people were even cremated in burial ships along with goods they might need in the afterlife. Some believed that slaves were also sacrificed along with the death of their master.
- The Vikings also practiced sorcery and divination.
- Before going on a raid, the Vikings practiced battle rituals which included animal sacrifices to receive the favor of the gods.
VIKINGS IN FOREIGN LANDS
- By the mid-8th century, many Vikings populated Russia through the Volga trading route. They later became known as the Rus or Varangians.
- As trade prospered in Russia, the Vikings began to settle and collect tribute from the slaves.
- They also established contact with the Byzantine Empire as early as 838 AD. Based on archeological finds, the Vikings usually traded tin, wheat, wood, wool, fur, leather, and walrus ivory. In return, they bought jewellery, glass, pottery, silk, spices, and slaves.
- After several battles between the Volga Vikings (Rus) and Byzantines, the two factions came to an agreement in 911. The Varangians or the Rus were recruited by the Byzantine emperor to be part of the empire’s military force.
- The Varangians became part of the Tagmata, the division of the Byzantine Army that directly served the emperor.
- After several years, they became the emperor’s elite guards and were given enormous wealth, which was criticized by common Byzantines.
- In 793 BC, the Vikings first arrived in England through Northumbria.
- They initially raided the abbey of Lindisfarne, which was soon followed by other monasteries built on the coastlines.
- After a series of raids in England, the Vikings were labelled as ‘heathens’.
- Upon discovering unguarded great wealth in England, the Vikings raided in large groups. Among them was the infamous Great Heathen Army led by Ragnar Lothbrok’s three sons.
- After Northumbria, the Great Heathen Army raided East Anglia, Mercia, and Wessex. Some kings paid the Vikings for peace, while others like King Edmund fought against them, but were later defeated and killed.
- By the 9th century, the Vikings established settlements in England and were governed by the Danelaw. The Danelaw covered parts of the North and East of England. Fortified towns known as the Five Boroughs were established and ruled by the Vikings. The boroughs were Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Stamford, and Lincoln.
- In addition to England, the Vikings also raided and settled in Normandy (part of France), Iceland, Greenland, and North America.
The Vikings Worksheets
This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about the Vikings across 24 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use The Vikings worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the Vikings which were Scandinavian sea explorers and warriors. They originated from modern-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. In popular culture, they were often depicted as pirates who raided England.
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- The Vikings Facts
- Viking Truths
- From Scandinavia
- The Nine Realms
- Viking Society
- Picture Windows
- Something Long
- Vikings in Letters
- Viking Influence
- From the North
- Viking Saga
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This primary resource introduces children to Viking life and culture. Who exactly were these legendary warriors? When did the Vikings invade British shores? What were they known for?
Pupils will learn about aspects of Viking life, such as social hierarchy, battle techniques and diet, in our National Geographic Kids’ Vikings primary resource sheet.
The teaching resource can be used in study group tasks for exploring Viking clothing and social roles, as a printed handout for each pupil to review and annotate, or for display on the interactive whiteboard using the illustrations and short snippets of information included in the resource for class discussion.
Activity: Ask children to choose one of the Viking characters included in the resource and role play them in a short scene. They could use the Viking primary resource sheet as a guide for drawing and labelling traditional Viking dress, or write a newspaper report about the activities of Viking warriors.
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- Know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
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