by María Lozano and Andrea Millán

1. THE VIKINGS INTHE VIKINGS IN
BRITAINBRITAIN
María Lozano y Andrea Millán

2. Origins
• The Vikings' homeland was
Scandinavia.
• Around the year 800, Vikings
began to attack the British
coasts.
• The Viking Age in Britain
started about 1,200 years ago.

3. Religion
• Their religion was an important part of
everyday life and they believed in many
different Gods and Goddesses, such as:
• Odin - the leader of the gods.
• Thor - the god of thunder.
• Freyr - god of agriculture.

4. Houses
• The Vikings built their houses from materials
like wood or stone and they lived in long
rectangular houses.
• They were often one-room homes with a
cooking fire in the middle.

5. clothes
• Viking clothes were made from
wool and animal skins and as they
were very skilled, they made their
own clothes.
• Men wore tunics and trousers and
women wore long dresses.

6. LINDISFARNE MONASTERY
• In the centre of Lindisfarne, outside the coast of Northumbria
lie the ruins of the ancient monastery, destroyed by the
Vinkings.

7. RUINS OF LINDISFARNE PRIORY AND GRAVES
A priest grave
The ruins visible today date back to
12th
century indicating that the
attacks of the Vikings in the late 8th
century didn’t obstruct the
rebuilding of the monastery
although this attack was ruthless.

8. Influence
• The Vikings have influenced a lot the British
culture because after their period of reign,
English has taken some basic words such as
sky, leg, the pronoun ‘they’…
RUNESRUNES

9. kings
• Erik the Red: who founded Greenland’s first
settlement.
• Cnut the Great: who ruled a vast empire in
northern Europe.
• Rollo the first ruler: who began conducting
attacks on France.

10. THE DEFEAT OF THE VIKINGS
• The defeat of the Vikings took place in the
battle of Edington. On a date between 6 and
12 May 878.

11. THE DEFEAT OF THE VIKINGS
• The combat was between Alfred the Great
and the king of Wessex and Guthrum, king of
the vikings.

12. • The kingdom of Wessex was won thanks to a
Roman technique. It consisted in making a
defensive wall with shields, in the shape of a
turtle.
THE DEFEAT OF THE VIKINGS

13. Here you can watch a short video
about the Vikings:
Double click on the video to watch