HIST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Viking Ships, Viking Expansion, Carolingian Empire
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Viking (v) = to raid (as in, g a-viking ) Not applicable to all scandinavians form so-called viking age . Generally not used by the people the vikings came into contact with (nortmen, The viking age as an arti cial construct. Second viking age mid-800s to mid 900s. Fitting the vikings into our picture so far The last in a series of barbarian invasions/migrations stretching back to 4th century. Continuity and change from late iron age to viking age in scandinavia. The viking age as an historical horizon. The long development of viking ship technology. Characteristics: shell (or clinker) built; side rudders; oars and sails; shallow draft; high stem and stern posts. 3 viking ship burials discovered in oslofjord region of norway 1880s=1904: oseberg, Complex interplay of internal and external dynamics. Internal factors: population pressure and limited resources; demographics; heroic society and the quest for fame; lust for silver .