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vikings
Seafaring natives of the North Atlantic realm, the VIKINGS appeared about the time KING ARTHUR disappeared The VIKINGS were six (VI = 6) tribal kingdoms that were leftover to rule the North Atlantic realm after KING ARTHUR and are related to the ARMORICANS See ARMORICANS
Seafaring peoples from Scandinavia who attacked Europe in the ninth century
Scandinavian seafaring adventurers who, starting about 788, ravaged European coastlands for two centuries Operating from seaport bases they repeatedly raided the countryside before being gradually absorbed in the local populations They originally plundered and finally settled along the coastal areas of what are now Germany, the Netherlands, England, France, Eire, Spain, Portugal and along the western and northern shores of the Mediterranean as far east as northern Italy OG 135-36
Seagoing Scandinavian raiders from Sweden, Denmark and Norway that disrupted coastal areas of western Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries (p 376)
Scandinavian people, who dominated northern Europe from the 9th to 11th centuries They were known as great shipbuilders, fierce conquerors, and explorers
These were the warlike raiders from Scandinavian who attacked and invaded parts of Europe in the 8th, 9th, and 10th centuries Although the Vikings were eventually assimilated into European civilization, the instability caused by their invasions helped contribute to the political breakdown in western Europe and the development of feudalism Some of the more famous Vikings included Erik the Red, who discovered Greenland, and his son Lief Erikson, who explored part of North America
The word Viking has several meanings The most usual being a 'pirate', and as such it could be equally well applied to any sea-going raider, even a Saxon, Frankish or Frisian one!
A culture originating in Scandinavia (now Norway, Denmark and Sweden) around the mid-8th century A D The Vikings were fierce conquerors, brave explorers, and skilled craftspeople; they invaded and settled countries throughout Western Europe They were the first Europeans to discover America (in about A D 1000), almost 500 years before Columbus