In 1004 AD, Leif's brother Thorvald Eiriksson sailed to explore Newfoundland with a crew of 30 men and spent the winter at Leifsbúðir (Leif's camp). In the Springtime, Thorvald attacked nine of the local indigenous people, whom the Norsemen called “Skrælingar”(Skræling), that were sleeping under three skin-covered canoes. One of the victims survived the attack, escaping and came back to the Norse camp with a force. The indigenous people retaliated by attacking the Norse explorers and Thorvald
Britain had ever witnessed by the pagans. He did not know that this raid would become the first of many and would indicate the beginning of a time known as the Viking Age. In his book The Vikings: A History, Robert Ferguson discusses this age in great detail and analyzes its importance to Western Civilization. Ferguson begins by claiming that one of the main problems of trying to provide a history of the Vikings is that most of the literary sources that form our knowledge of the period were actually
translated to the field of architecture. The Catholic church was quick to embrace these new designs. As a result, we see even today true masterpieces of art in the form of cathedrals. The distinguished Winchester cathedral in Great Britain is a prime example of Romanesque architecture. From the grand stone walls to the beautiful tiled floors, every aspect of the building is a different work of art. Development of the structure began in the year 648. It started as a small Saxon
And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But we've proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane.# Poet Rudyard Kipling outlined it best with his poem Dane-geld, first published in 1911. Even though it was written as an allegory for the relations of humanity at large, the specificity of the source demands elucidation in regard to how such a metaphor even came into existence. While no society plans for its own destruction or subjugation
Question 1 The collapse of the Roman Empire marked the beginning of the Middle Ages that lasted from the 5 th Century to around the 15 th Century. Question 2 Charlemagne, also called Charles the Great, was an emperor in the Middle Ages who ruled Western European region from 768 to 814. Charlemagne ruled the Franks from 768, the Lombards from 774 and the Romans from 800 and succeeded in uniting much of Europe in the Middle Ages. Charlemagne lived from 2 nd April 742 to 28 th January 814 and was referred