1. By Anne Brouder and Taylor Doyle, 4th Class.
The Vikings. 
By Anne Brouder and Taylor Doyle, 4th Class.

2. Contents: Page 1: Where did the Vikings come from?
Page 2: What did the Vikings do?
Page 3: The Viking Community.
Page 4: Viking Crafts.
Page 5: Travelling.
Page 6: Vikings in Ireland.
Page 7: The Battle of Clontarf.
Page 8: What did the Vikings do for us?
Page 9: The End.

3. Where did the Vikings come from ?
The Vikings came from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

4. What did the Vikings do?
The Vikings passed laws and appointed rules for their new larger kingdoms.

5. The Viking Community .
The king, other Viking nobles and war leaders were the first group of theViking community.
The second group were the freemen who worked for themselves. This group included farmers, traders and skilled crafts people.
The third group were the slaves, called thralls. They were owned by their masters.

6. Viking Crafts.
Women were expert spinners and weavers of wool and linen. Wood was carved into beautiful designs and metal workers made lovely gold and silver jewellery.

7. Travelling
Some Vikings left their homelands to go on raids. Others travelled to foreign lands to trade such things as weapons, timber, dried fish, amber, leather, gold, silk and glass.

8. Vikings in Ireland.
The first Viking vaid took place in Ireland in 795 AD. The Vikings attacked Monasteries and settlements..all over Ireland.
Everything of value was stolen, buildings, were set on fire and people were killed or taken away as slaves.

9. The Battle of Clontarf. Brian Boru
The battle of Clontarf took place on Good Friday Brian Boru was high king of Ireland. The Vikings refused to accept Brian as their king.
Brian Boru

10. What did the Vikings do for us?
The Vikings who remained in Ireland after the battle of Clontarf were happy to be ruled by Irish kings. They became friendly with the Irish and slowly became part of the Irish nation. The Irish people quickly learned the trading skills of the Vikings.

11. The End….
Thank you for reading Taylor Doyle and Anne Brouder’s Viking Powerpoint!
Bye for now!!!!!
