The Anglo-Saxon Age a Very Short Introduction by John Blair

Author:John Blair [Blair, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9787513530996
Amazon: 7513530998
Publisher: Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press
Published: 2013-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

The dramatic expansion of the Norwegians and Danes is a European phenomenon, of which the raids on England and Ireland were only one part. Two races were involved (the word Viking, ‘pirate’, was coined by their victims and refers equally to both), and several motives. They were far from being total barbarians, and by the 840s they had been heavily involved in trade for some generations. It was, indeed, this trade which opened up regular contact with the nations to the west and south. Population grew, and it became hard to find a reasonable living at home. Many adventurers must have heard stories of the fertile lands with monasteries full of easy plunder, and it is surprising rather than otherwise that the early raids were not followed up more quickly.

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