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V I K I N G S. Vikings and Danelaw. Explorers, warriors merchants, pirates AD 800-1050 Viking Age They came from three countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden The name Viking means”a pirate raid” in Old Norse language. The Danelaw- the area conquered by - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Vikings and Danelaw
• Explorers, warriors
merchants, pirates
• AD 800-1050
Viking Age
• They came from
three countries:
Denmark, Norway, Sweden
• The name Viking means”a pirate raid” in Old Norse language.
• The Danelaw- the area conquered by the Vikings in the 9th century.• It is the part of England where the laws of the “Danes” dominated
Alfred the Greatand
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Alfred the Great (849-899)
• was one of the best rulers in British history • In 871 he and his brother defeated Danesand he was also crowned• 878 a treaty betweenDanes and Anglo-Saxons• 890 the Anglo-SaxonChronicle• translated 4 books
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
• was originally compiled by the orders of King Alfred the Great in AD 890
• consists of 9 manuscripts
• last update was written in 1154
Edward the Confessorand
Westminster Abbey
• Penultimate Anglo-Saxon king of England
• Normandy
• Nickname “Confessor”
• Had no children
• Construction of a new cathedral
• Was canonized in 1161 by Pope Alexander III
Edward the Confessor
8 June 1046 – 5 January 1066
Westminster Abbey
• 1045-1065, Edward the Confessor
• Historical site > religious site
• Burial ground
• 17 monarchs
• ~3300 people buried
• Henry III decided to rebuilt it
in gothic • The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster
• The Westminster Chimes