Essays on Vikings

The Viking period in Europe has been categorised by the raids that took place on the coastlines of Brittan, Ireland and Francia from the first raid upon Lindisfarne in 793 through to the settlement of the Duchy of Normandy in 897 some hundred years of...

Vikings have long been depicted as barbaric, bearded, horn wearing savages that terrorised Northern European coastal villages, but researchers have slowly pieced together what made the Vikings so successful, this has led to another picture emerging. There is no doubt the Vikings were fierce warriors...

Throughout the history of Britain, there seems to be four periods of Viking activity. Firstly, there is the raiding and pillaging period that was around the dates of 789-864. Records of the first raid note that Norwegians landed at Portland in 789. When King Offa...

V​ikings have been well established as a critical part in the history of Western Europe. The evidence of their travels goes from as far west as Newfoundland, in North America, to Kiev in modern day Ukraine. Although their influence and trade goes as wide as...

An officer and their mentor are eating out at a local restaurant and the manager says that “lunch in on the house. ” Although it may seem like a wonderful opportunity and a blessing on both of their wallets, is it truly the right thing...