Western Civilization I / Unit 10 WC1 0922 short lesson, about 20 seconds
How the Viking Age Ended
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The idea
By the mid-tenth century Scandinavian kings asserted control, and conversion was common by one thousand: Denmark in nine fifty-eight, Norway and Sweden in nine ninety-five, the anchor's dates. Normandy, the strongest ex-Viking state, produced the conqueror of ten sixty-six.
In practice
Kings and bishops ended raiding from within.
Where people slip
The Viking Age ended by state-building, not defeat.
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