People
This group of people's nickname means "to go raiding".
This tree was supposed to represent Norse mythology, but was cut down by a Christian king.
What is Irminsul?
This event happened to a king on Christmas Day in AD 800.
What is the coronation of Charlemagne?
This new type of structure is known for its fortified buildings, ditches, and high walls.
What is a castle?
This is the Slavic title for 'caesar'.
What is 'tsar'?
This man discovered a new land in AD 1000. He called that land Vinland.
This empire formed as a union between the Bulgars and Slavs in southeastern Europe.
What is First Bulgarian Empire?
This event saw the eventual establishment of a new colony in Greenland around AD 982.
What is the exile of Erik the Red?
This book was written in 1086 and describes the average life in England in the late eleventh century.
What is the Domesday Book?
This group of Scandinavians came to rule Kiev, Novgorod, and other settlements.
Who are the Rus'?
This King of Wessex defeated the Vikings in 878 at the Battle of Eddington.
Who is Alred the Great?
This place became one of Ireland's first towns, and was used by Vikings for trade.
What is Dublin?
This term is used to describe the split between the eastern and western churches in 1054.
What is the Great Schism?
This was the ransom paid to Vikings for short periods of peace.
What is Danegeld?
This was a political and religious advisor to Charlemagne who inspired reform in education.
Who is Alcuin of York?
This man and his men cut down 'Irminsul', the tree used for pagan worship by his enemies.
Who is Charlemagne?
This island in the Atlantic Ocean, settled by Scandinavians starting in the ninth century, was governed by an assembly rather than a monarch.
What is Iceland?
This battle between the Magyar raiders and East Frankia troops curtailed future Magyar raids and resulted in the expansion of East Frankia.
What is the Battle of Lechfeld?
This architecture was used to build massive stone structures and reminded people of old Roman architecture.
What is Romanesque architecture?
This belief bans the use of icons in worship.
What is Iconoclasm?
These two Greek missionaries to Slavic realms created a language to share the Gospel and the Scriptures with them.
Who are Cyril and Methodius?
This site is where the Carolingian cathedral still stands.
What is Aachen?
This is the second major battle of 1066, where William the Conqueror conquered England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
Cyril and Methodius established this language as the liturgical language for Slavic people.
What is Old Church Slavonic?
This 20th century book borrows the plot from the Old English epic Beowulf.
What is The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien.