How did the vikings die out?

Answer 1

• The Christian church arrived in the Viking lands at the end of the Viking age. The Viking raids were not in keeping with some of the tenets of the Christian church, so it is not a surprise that the arrival of the church and the decline of raiding are closely tied. In chapter 9 of Bjarnar saga Hítdælakappa, King Ólafr told Björn that he wanted Björn to give up raiding, saying, "Though you feel it suits you well, God's law is often violated." During the tenure of Bishop Gizurr Ísleifsson (at the end of the 11th century), the practice of bearing arms in Iceland was largely abandoned, a significant change from both the century before and the one after.

• The Viking age ended when the raids stopped. The year 1066 is frequently used as a convenient marker for the end of the Viking age. At the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the Norwegian king Haraldr harðráði was repulsed and killed as he attempted to reclaim a portion of England. It was the last major Viking incursion into Europe.

• The raids slowed and stopped because the times changed. It was no longer profitable or desirable to raid. The Vikings weren't conquered. Because there were fewer and fewer raids, to the rest of Europe they became, not Vikings, but Danes and Swedes and Norwegians and Icelanders and Greenlanders.

Answer 2

no they simply just mixed with other cultures and the generations that followed had vikings blood as well as a range of other cultural backgrounds. The term "viking" is actually used to describe the scandinavians who set out to invade and raid other countries, so not all scandinavians are in fact "vikings"

Answer 3

The Viking era as in ''Vikings in longships appearing out of nowhere and raiding the coasts of Europe, destroying cities, murdering innocent people and burning churches'' happened mostly until the end of the 10th century. But most of these stories were written by monks who had good reason to paint the 'heathen' Vikings in the blackest of colors. On analysis many of the pillage and murder stories were - sometimes wildly - exaggerated.

What did happen was that - in most cases, Danish - Vikings were looking for new places to settle. Many expeditions might start out as a raid, but were quickly followed up by Viking settlement, sometimes in full agreement especially with the Frankish kings who appointed their leaders as Counts and Dukes in return for their oath of loyalty. 'Normandy" in France gets its name from extensive Viking settlement - Vikings were called 'Normans' by about everyone in Europe at the time. Also big parts of eastern England were settled by Normans, as were southern Italy and Sicily. This settlement era lasted until the late 12th century.

The 'Viking Era' basically came to an end because it ran out of steam. Scandinavia was never densely populated to begin with, and the supply of Normans needing to settle elsewhere in order to survive, ran out. Between the 9th and 12th century the Normans had also been converted to Christianity which in a way domesticated them a bit. The Normans that had settled, mixed with the local population and their 'Viking' identity disappeared.

Answer 4

they did not die they are still alive some children are vikings

you might belong to a viking family.

Answer 5

Because the english didnt want the vikings to rule their country that the englishman sent them away and ENDED (Died or turned to skeleton)

Answer 6

at the end of the Viking age

Answer 7

when did vikings die out

Answer 8

never died