Terms & Definitions
Semi-historical and mythical tales
Sagas
Well-preserved ship found in Norway and now on display in a museum
Gokstad
Our knowledge of the onset of the Viking age were written by these people
Monks / Christians / Churchmen
Viking slaves
thralls
The feature of a Viking ship that allowed it to be beached
Shallow draft keel
When a source shows favouritism towards one thing
Bias
Rus
Started off as a rudimentary piece of cloth and developed into something painted red
Sails
"Then they came to the church of __________ and laid all waste with dreadful havoc.." (Symeon of Durham)
First recorded attack of Vikings
Lindisfarne
A Viking warrior who fought with uncontrollable anger
Beserker
Name 3 uses for a Viking ship
When two sources say similar, if not the same things
Corroboration
Upper class Vikings
Jarl
Overlapping boards on the hull which strengthened it
Clinker design
a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Perspective