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The Viking Age lasted from about 700AD to 1100AD. The Viking people came from Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) and spoke the Norse language.
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Most Viking slaves (or thralls) were foreigners who had been captured. Unsurprisingly, they did all of the dirty andunpleasant jobs and were thelegal property of their master.
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Viking citizens who worked for a living were called freemen. They were able to complain to their local chieftain ifthey were unhappy aboutsomething.
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In the early part of the Viking age, chieftains were the rulers of the people. If the people were dissatisfied with their leader, they could choose a new one.
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Viking society was based on a system of laws. Anyone who broke the law was an outlaw and could be killed.
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People accused of a serious crime were forced to
walk across red hot iron or handle hot stones.
If the burns healed, the personwas innocent. If they became
infected, the person was guilty!
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The most popular pastime for the Vikings was storytelling. This is how traditional stories were passed down through families. They were often sung or made into rhymes.
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Viking fathers chose their daughters' husbands for them. They were usually married by the age of 15.
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Viking law allowed wives to divorce lazy husbands. A woman needed witnesses to watch her declare that she was divorced. After the divorce, the husband had to pay maintenance.
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Wealthy Vikings were buried in a ship with all of their possessions. These were usually burnt on the sea, but some were buried on land.
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Viking houses were built from locally available materials, such as wood, stone or turf. The floors of the houses were dug out below ground to keep the house warm.
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The Vikings used an alphabet called runes to write things down. Runes are made up of straight lines and angles, making them easier to carve into wood or stone.
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Vikings kept their animals in their houses, to protect them from bad weather. The humans lived at one end and the animals lived at the other!
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The Vikings sailed to North America, while trying to get to Greenland.A temporary Viking settlement has been found in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Odin was the Viking god of war. Viking warriors who died in battle were believed to go to Valhalla (Odin's castle). The roof of Valhalla was made of shields.
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Both ends of a Viking longboat were similar shapes, so they could change direction without having to turn around.
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Lots of English words that begin with "sk" come from the Norse language, like "skirt" and "skill".
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The Vikings were very clean people. They combed their hair, took baths on Saturdays and made soap out of horse chestnuts (conkers).
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Many British placenames come from the old Norse. The suffix "thorpe" means farm. An example of this is Scunthorpe.
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There were no law books, but every village had a law-speaker, who had to memorise all the laws and recite them to the villagers.
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