1. The Viking age
Andres Truu

2. Vikings 700 to 1100 AD 8th century Raids on coastal monasteries
9th and 10th century
Scandinavia
Successful raids

3. Viking language and culture
-by means town
Loanwords (eye, leg, sky)
Tribes
Pagans
Vikings abandoned sick children
A Viking law-breaker could be killed by anyone

4. King Alfred the Great Wessex invaded in 871 AD
Peasants were trained to fight
Army of horsemen increased
British Navy built
Danelaw
Education
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

5. Viking longboat replica
Statue of Alfred the Great

6. Sources British history textbook
Saxon_England#/media/File:Viking_Longboat_%27Hugin%27,_Ramsg ate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_ jpg

7. Thank You!