The impact the Vikings had on other cultures and how did they adapt to the conquered land.
The impact they had in other countries was that they traded with them or they raided and ruined many lives. They burned many buildings and massacred many people. When the Vikings converted to Christianity (although not everyone agreed) they were a happy, peaceful and a mellow bunch and stopped killing and raiding.
Navigation techniques, of oral tradition based on sailors’ stories enabled the Vikings to sail safely across open waters that other cultures dared not to. These skills combine with their expert ship building skills encouraged them to explore as widely as they did.
Vikings developed market towns which created wealth and they became centres of royal power. Anglo-Danish rule in the north of England created good living for communities and lasting changes in language, customs and legal institutions. When these Danish Vikings converted to Christianity they gave up their Viking Identity and accepted the rule of the Wessex kings.
With a growth in Christianity there was also population and economical growth. Cathedrals and monasteries encouraged the development of market towns, increasing the economy. Agricultural improvements such as Coulter ploughs, better tools and the three-field system lead to better productivity.
Even though the Vikings were wild and ruthless killers they founded some of the best organised states in Europe.
Navigation techniques, of oral tradition based on sailors’ stories enabled the Vikings to sail safely across open waters that other cultures dared not to. These skills combine with their expert ship building skills encouraged them to explore as widely as they did.
Vikings developed market towns which created wealth and they became centres of royal power. Anglo-Danish rule in the north of England created good living for communities and lasting changes in language, customs and legal institutions. When these Danish Vikings converted to Christianity they gave up their Viking Identity and accepted the rule of the Wessex kings.
With a growth in Christianity there was also population and economical growth. Cathedrals and monasteries encouraged the development of market towns, increasing the economy. Agricultural improvements such as Coulter ploughs, better tools and the three-field system lead to better productivity.
Even though the Vikings were wild and ruthless killers they founded some of the best organised states in Europe.