S A N D RA P U U S E P P

THE VIKINGS

THE SECOND WAVE OF GERMANS

• The second wave started at the end of the 8th century• More Vikings came during

the 9th and 10th century• The ending ‘-by’ means

‘town’• Viking words: eye, leg,

sky, skin, take

THE VIKINGS

• Denmark, Norway, Sweden• The word ‘Viking’ means ‘a pirate raid’• The Viking Age – AD 700 to 1100• Vikings mostly settled in Scotland and eastern

England (they founded Dublin)• The Vikings lived in tribes and were pagans• Bold and skillful seamen

THE DANES

• 871 – the Danes invaded Wessex again• They were allowed to settle by

Danelaw and Wessex (York)• England went under Danish

control in 1013• Canute (Cnut the Great)• King of Denmark• The most effective king in Anglo-

Saxon history

EDWARD THE CONFESSOR

• Ruled 1042 to 1066• One of the last Anglo-Saxon

kings of England• Restored the rule of the House

of Wessex• Lived a saintly life

ALFRED THE GREAT

• King Albert (841-899)• King of Wessex• His army• Infantrymen• Horsemen• The British navy

• Translated Ecclesiastical History of the English People• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

USED MATERIALS

• “British History” by Riina Kuuskor and Merike Saar• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Edward_the_Confessor

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