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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. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia but also to any place significantly settled by ...
- The Early Days
- Far and Wide
- Control and Establishment
- Vikings in Southern Europe
- Battles in Britain
- Even Farther, Even Wider
- Growing Influence of Christianity
- The Last Days
Late-700s: Viking Raids Begin. By the late 8th century, Norse society had evolved into a formidable seafaring culture of raiders, traders, and explorers. Norsemen targeted vulnerable Christian monasteries and settlements, particularly on small, isolated islands. These early raids were swift and brutal, capitalising on the lack of protection in thes...
844: Muslims repel a Viking raid in Spain. Viking raiders ventured far beyond their traditional northern territories, sailing into the Iberian Peninsula. sailed up the Guadalquivir River and sacked the wealthy city of Seville within the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba. However, Emir Abd al-Rahman II swiftly organised a counterattack, defeating the Vikin...
872: Harald I gains control of Norway. According to medieval Icelandic historians, Harald Fairhair (Harald hårfagre) became the first King of Norway and would rule to 930. He was regarded to have unified Norway after the the Battle of Hafrsfjord. The famous swords sculpture in Stavanger (Sverd i fjell) commemorates this moment. 878-890: Danelaw beg...
900s: Trade with the Byzantine Empire: Viking traders, known as the Varangians, established important trade routes along the rivers of Eastern Europe, eventually reaching Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). The Varangian Guard, composed of Viking warriors, became an elite unit of the Byzantine Emperor’s forces. 911: Rollo founds Normandy in Franc...
910: Battle of Tettenhall / Wednesfield. A major turning point in the fight between the English kingdoms and the Danish Vikings. Allied forces from Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and his sister, Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia, decisively defeated the Northumbrian Vikings. The Viking forces had been raiding deep into Mercian and Wessex t...
930: Icelandic Parliament. Norse settlers in Iceland formed the Althing, one of the world’s oldest parliaments. This firmed up the settlement of Iceland and spurred further Viking exploration, leading to the discovery of Greenland and North America. 941: Rus Vikings attack Constantinople. The Rus and their allies took advantage of the Byzantine fle...
995: Norway's Viking King builds a Christian church. The founder of Trondheim, Olav Tryggvassonbuilt the first Christian church in Norway. He had spent time on the Scilly Isles, where a seer is said to have foreseen a battle in which Tryggvason would suffer great wounds and then convert. Shortly after the meeting he survived a vicious attack, and d...
1015: The North American settlement is abandoned. The Viking settlement in Vinland (modern-day Newfoundland, Canada) was abandoned, likely due to hostile encounters with indigenous peoples, limited supplies, and the challenges posed by the long, hazardous journey required to trade with Scandinavia. 1030: The Battle of Stiklestad. Norway's Christian...
The Viking age was from about AD700 to 1100. Many Vikings left their homes in Scandinavia and travelled by longboat to other countries, like Britain and Ireland. The people of Britain called the ...
Mar 29, 2011 · The Vikings began to assemble larger armies with the clear intent of conquest. In the eighth century, the Picts had one of the most important kingdoms in Britain. By the end of the ninth century ...
Nov 4, 2009 · The Vikings were a group of Scandinavian seafaring warriors who left their homelands from around 800 A.D. to the 11th century, and raided coastal towns. Over the next three centuries, they would ...
Violence was common in Viking Age Norway. An examination of Norwegian human remains from the Viking Age found that 72% of the examined males and 42% of the examined females had suffered weapon-related injuries. Violence was less common in Viking Age Denmark, where society was more centralized and complex than the clan-based Norwegian society. [213]
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c. 790 CE - c. 1100 CE. The Viking Age. 793 CE. First Viking raid in Britain at Lindisfarne Abbey. c. 800 CE - c. 1050 CE. Approximate timespan of the Viking Age. c. 829 CE - c. 831 CE. The Frankish missionary St. Ansgar (801-865 CE) first introduces the Swedes to Christianity in the Viking trading town of Birka.
