Overview from 800 to 1069 C.E.
HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS IN ENGLAND
- Records show that by 793 C.E. Vikings had begun raids on monasteries in
northern England - For example, noblemen wrote warning of
the unexpected attack on a monastery by Viking raiders, probably Norwegians sailing directly across the North Sea. - Iona was burnt in 802 C.E., and 68
monks were killed in another raid in 806 C.E..
- Very few records of the raids on England.- WHY?
ABILITY TO RAID
By 840 C.E. Viking King Ivarr the Boneless had created a
consolidated army and begun more organized raids on England
and Scotland.http://
www.history.com/videos/the-vikings-raid-england#the-vikings-raid-england
CONQUEST OF ENGLAND AND
SCOTLAND
- After the initial raids English King Alfred (871-899) built fortresses, established a defensive strategy, and built up a navy.
- By the time the Vikings returned in the 890s, the West Saxons were able to resist. - This left Alfred, at his death in 899 C.E.,
king of the only independent English kingdom.
ANGLO-SAXON RESISTANCE
http://www.history.com/videos/dark-ages-barbarians-ii-the-saxons---alfred#dark-ages-barbarians-ii-the-saxons---
alfred
ALFRED “THE GREAT”
- The second Viking Age begun by the 900s. Raids were on a large scale, frequently organized by royal leaders,
and their object was extortion.- In 991 C.E. the Danes acquired
4,500 kg of silver in return for going home.
- By 1012, payments to the Danes, known as 'Danegeld‘ were required.
ANOTHER VIKING AGE
- In 1066 England was conquered by William, Duke of Normandy. -The Normans were technically
the descendants of Vikings and took over all of England.
- In 1069 the Normans burned Jorvik (York), which marked the end of the
Viking Age in England.
FALL OF THE VIKING AGE