FA improvement • Complete your personalised target and any spellings • If you weren’t here yesterday: • Explain why Viking raiding was so successful using specific evidence.
Starter‌ Viking or Anglo-Saxon? take skill husband fellow
get egg happy muck
scrape sister ill gear
They are all Viking words! What do you notice about what types of words these are? - Trade - Life - Farming - Marriage They all show some level of interaction between Vikings and Anglo-Saxon on a normal, everyday basis.
Viking settlement in England • What was the nature of Viking settlement in the Danelaw? • How far did Vikings and Anglo-Saxons cooperate?
Viking raiding on England • The Vikings who came to England in the 9th century posed a threat to Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, particularly Wessex • Much of the West Saxons' policy was driven by this threat e.g. The introduction of military service, building of 'burhs' (fortifications) • Christian writers referred to them as 'Northmen' – referring to the apocalyptic idea that 'evil would come from the north' (The Book of Jeremiah) • But by the late 9th century Anglo-Saxon sources refer to them as 'Danes' – a sign that their view of them had changed
Viking raiding on England 1. Using the information cards provided, add notes around the edge of your map to show the impact of Viking raids on the kingdoms of Britain in the 9th century. 2. Create a colour code to show which kingdoms had… •. No Viking control •. Some Viking control •. Full Viking control
Viking and Anglo-Saxon cooperation • Read the text and highlight evidence of Viking and Anglo Saxon cooperation. Using your map and the evidence, answer the following: • "Vikings and Anglo-Saxons never cooperated in 9th and 10th century England". How far do you agree? Give a balanced answer. In some ways, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons did not cooperate in the 9th and 10th centuries. For example… (Raids) However, in some ways Vikings and Anglo-Saxons did cooperate in the 9th and 10th centuries For example… (cooperation) In my opinion, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons did / did not cooperate in the 9th and 10th centuries because...
Viking and Anglo-Saxon cooperation • Read the text and highlight evidence of Viking and Anglo Saxon cooperation. Using your map and the evidence, answer the following: • "Vikings and Anglo-Saxons never cooperated in 9th and 10th century England". How far do you agree? Give a balanced answer. In some ways, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons did not cooperate in the 9th and 10th centuries. For example… (Raids) However, in some ways Vikings and Anglo-Saxons did cooperate in the 9th and 10th centuries For example… (cooperation) In my opinion, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons did / did not cooperate in the 9th and 10th centuries because...
Homework • Using the prezi on tgispace, add the Danelaw area to your map. • Add notes on the side about who/when/how/why this was occupied by Vikings.
Evidence of Viking and Anglo-Saxon cooperation
In the past, historians have suggested that the Western Franks dealings with the Vikings were a failure and just embarrassing episodes of compromise. More recently, historians think that there were moments to be celebrated, including the conversion of some Vikings to Christianity. Alfred visited the Frankish court as a boy in the 850s and this clearly influenced how he dealt with the 'Danes' in England.
Evidence of Viking and Anglo-Saxon cooperation
An important peace agreement, the 'Alfred-Guthrum' treaty was signed in 878 following Alfred's victory at the battle of Ethandun. They "confirmed with oaths, for themselves and for their subjects, both for the living and for the unborn" – which created a sort of unified identity that had not before existed.
In the past, historians have suggested that the Western Franks dealings with the Vikings were a failure and just embarrassing episodes of compromise. More recently, historians think that there were moments to be celebrated, including the conversion of some Vikings to Christianity. Alfred visited the Frankish court as a boy in the 850s and this clearly influenced how he dealt with the 'Danes' in England.
Compromise in Wessex even extended to Vikings serving in the community of the Somerset monastery of Athelney. Around this time (878), Alfred received the Scandinavian sea captain Ottarr at court. Alfred used Ottarr to discover more about the lands and peoples of Scandinanvia and a similar jewel to that of 'Alfred's jewel' known as 'aestel' has been found in northern Norway. This suggests that Alfred favoured Ottarr with his lordship. Relationships between a people's were clearly about more than just ties of blood and nationhood.
An important peace agreement, the 'Alfred-Guthrum' treaty was signed in 878 following Alfred's victory at the battle of Ethandun. They "confirmed with oaths, for themselves and for their subjects, both for the living and for the unborn" – which created a sort of unified identity that had not before existed.
This remained the case well into the 10th century – even though the West Saxons' expansion saw English Christians forcing Danes into submission through strongarm tactics, Danes and English continued to make agreements and negotiate over territory. In fact, the descendants of 9th century Scandinavian lords became the 'men' of English rulers e.g. Edward the Elder (899-924) and Aethelstan (924-39) who allowed their new subjects to keep their lands in return for a submission to lordship.
Compromise in Wessex even extended to Vikings serving in the community of the Somerset monastery of Athelney. Around this time (878), Alfred received the Scandinavian sea captain Ottarr at court. Alfred used Ottarr to discover more about the lands and peoples of Scandinanvia and a similar jewel to that of 'Alfred's jewel' known as 'aestel' has been found in northern Norway. This suggests that Alfred favoured Ottarr with his lordship. Relationships between a people's were clearly about more than just ties of blood and nationhood. This remained the case well into the 10th century – even though the West Saxons' expansion saw English Christians forcing Danes into submission through strongarm tactics, Danes and English continued to make agreements and negotiate over territory. In fact, the descendants of 9th century Scandinavian lords