fara í víkingfara í víking (to go on an expedition)(to go on an expedition)

Viking RaidsViking Raids789 started to attack England789 started to attack England

872 First colony on Iceland872 First colony on Iceland

860 raided Constantinople860 raided Constantinople

911 Found Normandy911 Found Normandy

981 Erik the Red “discovers” 981 Erik the Red “discovers” GreenlandGreenland

1000 Christianity reaches IS/GL 1000 Christianity reaches IS/GL

1010 Viking come the Canada1010 Viking come the Canada

1050’s End of the Viking Age1050’s End of the Viking Age

What is a Viking?What is a Viking?

From ScandinaviaFrom Scandinavia

Used a longshipUsed a longship

Raided villages and MonasteriesRaided villages and Monasteries

First European explorers to travel First European explorers to travel WestWest

Wrote sagasWrote sagas

Used runesUsed runes

““Pagans”Pagans”

What are Vikings NOT?What are Vikings NOT?

Wear horned helmetsWear horned helmets Indiscriminant killersIndiscriminant killers

Used skulls to drink fromUsed skulls to drink from

PaganPagan  PolytheisticPolytheistic

Pre-Christian religionPre-Christian religion

Old English Old English hæðenhæðen

Old Norse Old Norse heiðinnheiðinn

ÍslendingasögurÍslendingasögur

SagaSagaPoetic stories about families, Poetic stories about families, feuds, travels, battles, and feuds, travels, battles, and adventuresadventures

BeowulfBeowulfEpic PoemEpic Poem

Written between the 8Written between the 8thth and and 1111thth c c

RunesRunesPre-Latin lettersPre-Latin letters

Jelling Stone 10c

Pagan and Christians