6.4 Visitors from the north

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6.4 instruction Visitors from the north

Big 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4  quiz

Objectives for this lesson

At the end of this lesson...

...you understand what role norsemen played in Medieval society and history.

6.4 Visitors from the north

What do you know about Norsemen?

6.4

Visitors from the North

Vikings

• The Vikings were a German tribe just like the Frisians.
• The Vikings did not convert to Christianity. They had their own Gods and myths.
  
  

'Vik' means something like fjord.

The Vikings in Norway lived next to fjords

What did a real viking look like?

Fiction

Fact

This is not a Viking helmet

Viking did not drink wine with skulls

This is a real Viking helmet

Vikings absolutely loved their long beards

Vikings/ Norsemen

Characteristics:

• Denmark, Sweden, Norway
• Small villages.
• Good boats.
• Food shortage in Scandinavia.
• Trade and war.
• Walhalla.

Norsemen

• Rond het jaar 900 vertrekken de Noormannen (of Vikingen) vanuit Scandinavie.

• De Vikingen hebben erg goede schepen.
  
  
• Ze gebruikten hun schepen om handel te drijven, maar ook om op rooftocht te gaan.

De Vikingen geloofden dat ze in het Walhalla (de Vikinghemel) kwamen als zij dapper vochten. Sterven in de strijd was de hoogte mogelijke eer.
Valt het je ook op dat de Vikingen op de afbeelding helmen zonder hoorns dragen... Dat komt omdat de hoorns er later bij bedacht zijn, in het echt hadden ze dat helemaal niet!

Ships the Norsemen used

Advantage

Shallow location 1 meter depth

Very stable

Spacious

beach landing

Leif Eriksson

Leif Eriksson was an Icelandic explorer who is considered the first European to set foot on North American soil nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus and named it Vinland.

Unrest in Europe

After Charlemagne's death, his empire is divided into three parts (843):

East: grandson Louis the German

West: grandson Karel de Kale

Middle: Grandson Emperor Lothair

Wars weakened the emperor's power in the Netherlands

In addition: looting by vikings

843: Vikings plunder Dorestad, near Utrecht

Charlemagne comes into conflict with the Normans:

1. His enemies, the Saxons, were friends of the Normans.

2. The Normans wanted to conquer the riches of his territory.

3. The Normans did not want to convert to Christianity.

Plundering

• Every summer
  
• Across Europe
  
• Little resistance
  
• Lots of treasures

Less looting from the 11th century, because:

the Normans mixed with the local population.

the Normans converted to Christianity.

the Normans made treaties with the princes in Europe

         (Normandy on loan)

Germanic/Norse Mythology

The people of northern Europe believed in gods named Wodan/Odin and Donar/Thor and many others.

We now celebrate Christmas and other festivals at the times when these people celebrated their religious festivals.

Planning for this lesson

Reviewing homework

6.4 instruction Visitors from the north

Big 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4  quiz