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Originally from the extreme north of Europe, it is known that their migration to the rest of the continent began at the end of the 8th century, when a series of demographic and social changes prompted many of them to set out on their way to other destinations.The Viking Age began in the year 793 with the attack on the English monastery of Lindisfarne, which is the earliest known Viking attack. -
Between the 8th and 11th centuries AD. C., that is, in the middle of the Middle Ages, a people from northern Europe caused curiosity and fear at the same time: they were the so-called Vikings, who lived at a time when much of the western map was configured, especially from current European states. -
The Viking Expedition of 844 was an attack by the Vikings on the Iberian Peninsula, then ruled by the Kingdom of Asturias and the Emirate of Córdoba. The Vikings recognized Gijón, attacked La Coruña, Lisbon and Cádiz and went up the Guadalquivir river, attacking Medina Sidonia, Seville and Córdoba. -
The first incursion of the Vikings in Galicia appears reflected in the Annales Bertiniani, and dates back to the month of August of the year 844 when a group of Danish Vikings from a looting expedition entered the Garonne River, and pushed by a storm ended up reaching Galicia, looting...Between the year 844 and 1050, Galicia became a target of the Vikings. The influx of pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela and its wealth made it a succulent prey for the Scandinavians. -
The Vikings began their settlement in Iceland around 874 AD, although Irish monks are believed to have arrived on the island earlier. The Vikings discovered the island by mistake while trying to sail to the coasts of Scotland and the Faroe Islands.The colonization of Iceland began in the year 874, when the Viking chieftain Inólfr Arnarson arrived in the area of present-day Reykjavík and settled there permanently.
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The Siege of Paris was a siege carried out by the Vikings between 885 and 886. It was of great political importance and was narrated by Abbo, a native of Neustria and a Benedictine monk from Saint-Germain-des-Prés, an abbey located on the outskirts of Paris. Paris.
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With the Drakkar the Vikings arrived at the coast of North America. Around the year 1000, Leif Erikson, son of Erik the Red, discovered new lands west of Greenland. They were those of Helluland, Markland and Vindland that are supposed to be in the northeast of the present United States.
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The Vikings used their ships to cross the Atlantic Ocean and had already settled in Canada by the year 1021, according to a new study that provides the first exact date of the presence of Europeans in America. -
The Viking Age began in the year 793 with the attack on the English monastery of Lindisfarne, which is the earliest known Viking attack. The event that marks the end of its glory days is the death of King Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.and at that moment the age of the Vikings is over, but it may be that one day another era will begin. -
The Vikings are well known for their constant plundering. At the same time, however, many of them lived peacefully as merchants or farmers, and many expeditions were aimed at barter deals.The first Viking groups had their lands in three territories that currently form the Scandinavian countries: Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Geographic Location of the Vikings: Viking Settlements.
