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	Viking - ExampleProblems.com
		The name Viking is a borrowed word from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century.
		The word “Viking” was introduced to the English language with romantic connotations in the 18th century.
		Viking magic was prevalent in Norse culture as it was practiced by diviners, also known as rune masters, magicians, and berserkers (magical warriors).
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php/Viking (3916 words)

	Viking Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Viking society was based on agriculture and trade with other peoples and placed great emphasis on the concept of honour both in combat and in the criminal justice system.
		Wales was not colonised by the Vikings as heavily as eastern England and Ireland.
		The Viking Age settlements in Greenland were established in the sheltered fjords of the southern and western coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viking_Age (4291 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		The vikings or Varangians were traders, settlers, and most famously, pirates (often after unsuccessful ventures) from Scandinavia who in the years between 800 and 1050 colonized, raided and traded the lengths of the coasts, rivers and islands of Europe and the northeastern shores of North America.
		The vikings were also ancestors of a significant part of the populace of modern England, Scotland, eastern Ireland and northern France.
		The viking propensity for trade is easily seen in large towns such as Hedeby; close to the border with the Franks, it was effectively a crossroads between the cultures until its eventual destruction by the Norwegians in an internecine dispute around the year 1050.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Viking (1277 words)

	Vikings in the Gulf
		It was widely used during the Viking age and in the later middle ages in Norway.
		Vikings began raiding and then settling along the eastern Baltic Sea in the sixth and seventh centuries.
		Viking settlements in northwestern France came to be known as Normandy ("from the northmen"), and the residents were called Normans.
	webpages.charter.net /skyboss_1/Viking1.htm (1895 words)

	Architecture in Belgium
		The Castle of the Counts in Ghent is one of the most impressive remaining examples of defensive architecture.
		Built to defend against Viking attacks in the ninth century, it was significantly expanded c.
		The enclosed area of the castle fortifications is one acre, contained within an oval wall of about 200 by 150 feet.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gravensteen.html (127 words)

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		The term Viking is used to denote the ship-borne explorers, traders and warriors who originated in Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century.
		Viking navigators also opened the road to new lands to the north and to the west, resulting in the colonization of Shetland, Orkney, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and even an expedition to, and a short-lived settlement in, Newfoundland circa AD 1000.
		The general misconception that vikings wore horned helmets was partly promulgated by the 19th-century enthusiasts of the GÃ¶tiska FÃ¶rbundet, founded in 1811 in Stockholm, with the aim of promoting the suitability of Norse mythology as subjects of high art and other ethnological and moral aims.
	www.inetprom.com /gsite/viking.html (3437 words)

	Etrusia - History - Motte and Bailey Castles
		Motte and Bailey castles are a good example of how practical the British people have been when it comes to making use of sites reinforced by their predecessors.
		is the part of the castle which is raised up on a hill and acts as a refuge of last resort in the event of an attack.
		Castle builders and designers moved away from the outmoded motte and bailey and started experimenting with the concentric ring castles and square enclosures that are often shown in literature and fiction.
	www.etrusia.co.uk /mottes.php (1050 words)

	Medieval Lithuania
		He set fire to the castle of Daugava which was ruled by King Handwan of the Hellespontians, seized it, and captured Handwan, who had to pay ransom for his body with gold.
		If the assumption that Hasting had first robbed the castle of Daugava and then lost his booty in Curonia is correct, then the events of the original version of the legend coincided with this myth: in both cases, Andvari's riches fell into Loki's hands.
		The mighty Viking Rorik, who was fighting successfully with the Swedes and the Curonians, appeared in the Baltic Sea at approximately the same time.
	viduramziu.lietuvos.net /en/vikings.htm (5958 words)

	Doyle Clan Gathering 1999
		The Vikings fortified the harbour town (a Viking Longport) with a defensive mound and a wall.
		Wexford was a handy port for Vikings to break their journey when sailing along the east coast of Ireland between the several other Viking settlements, such as Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Arklow, Wicklow, and Dublin.
		The castle is the former home of the FitzGerald and Esmonde families, and it is a splendid 19th Century Gothic-style castellated house overlooking a small lake and surrounded by about 50 acres of thickly wooded gardens.
	www.doyle.com.au /clan_gathering_99.htm (2801 words)

	Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Heraldry for a Non-Heraldic Culture: Vikings and Coats of Arms in the SCA
		Still, people in the SCA with Viking personas often wish to create and register devices and coats of arms, and this guide is intended to assist them in creating designs with a recognizably Viking feel yet which still conform to the much later usages of formal heraldry.
		There are also a few specifically Viking symbols that the College of Arms has registered in the past, though this is not a reliable guide to whether or not they may be registered in the future.
		The Vikings used the roundshield, usually with a shield boss, a dome of metal in the middle protecting a cutout in which the handgrip was placed.
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /vikheraldry.shtml (3841 words)

	viking resource page - viking
		Vikings traveled to the west and Varangians, who were best known as the Varangian Guards of the Byzantine emperors, to the east.
		As members of the leidang fleet, as well as farmers and fishers now and then, were attacked by Vikings, most Scandinavians probably saw Vikings as their enemies and fought against them with all their might.
		However, the vast majority of the Viking attacks were naturally attacks on France – as we know from the official histories – because the Emperor Charlemagne was seen as the main enemy, but other parts of the Holy Roman Empire also fell victim to such attacks as well as other Christian countries in Europe.
	www.bizhisto.com /Po-to-Wo/viking.php (4273 words)

	Honeysuckle goes Deep Space
		Viking I was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 20 August 1975, followed by Viking II on 7 September 1975.
		Viking 1 was safely down, if tilted a few degrees due to a footpad sitting on a small rock, while another was buried in a patch of soft sand.
		Viking Lander 2 failed on 11 April 1980 and the last Viking contact with Mars was when Lander 1 transmission failed on 11 November 1982.
	www.honeysucklecreek.net /dss44/viking.html (4875 words)

	Old World Everinghams
		Famous Viking Thorfinn Rollo seiged Paris in 910AD, and was granted the northern area of France then named "Normandy" meaning "the territory of the north men".
		This Viking "Rollo's" descendants became the noblemen, and Duke's of Normandy.
		John was Admiral of the North Sea, Constable of Dover Castle, and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
	www.everingham.com /family/oldworld.html (1043 words)

	Norse Mythology
		Obviously, most Vikings attempted to imitate this being and most of them praised him widely and prayed to him in the eve of a battle.
		Vikings themselves were very scared of their gods.
		The main god for all Vikings was Odin - who was the father of all the other gods.
	medieval-castles.org /index.php?cat=45 (536 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on viking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		By the reign of Alfonso III of LeÃ³n Vikings were stifling the already weak threads of sea communications that tied Galicia to the rest of Europe.
		Contemporary with the European Viking Age, the Byzantine Empire experienced the greatest period of stability (circa 800andndash;1071) it would enjoy after the initial wave of Muslim conquests in the mid-seventh century.
		Viking navigators also opened the road to new lands to the north and to the west, resulting in the colonization of Shetland, Orkney, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and even a short expedition to Newfoundland, circa AD 1000.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/viking (4077 words)

	Viking Chiefs in Vestern Europe
		In 882 it was told that the famous Hasting from Loire ravaged the area along the coast and that other vikings burned Cologne and Trier as well as a lot of convents in the country along the rivers Meuse, Moselle and the Rhine.
		In year 890 a viking army tried to exploit an internal conflict in the independent Brittany, but in the end it was defeated and left in a northerly direction.
		It might well be that some of the large and sometimes circular ring castles from that time are the ones that can be seen along the coast of what is now Northern France, Belgium and Zeland in the South of the Netherlands - among others Souburg in the island Walcheren.
	www.vikingworld.dk /jellinge47.htm (1070 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		DUBLIN Castle is the heart of historic Dublin.
		The Castle stands on the ridge on a strategic site at the junction of the River Liffey and its tributary the Poddle, where the original fortification may have been an early Gaelic Ring Fort.
		The largest visible fragment of the original 13th century Norman Castle is the Record Tower.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/castles/ireland/dublin.html (286 words)

	University of Nebraska Alumni Association
		Along the banks of the river lie quaint villages, medieval castles, baroque churches and rococo palaces, as well as the delightful cities of Vienna and Budapest.
		Prague Castle and the Charles Bridge are just two of the famous landmarks of this city.
		Depart Vienna early this morning and during breakfast, the Carpathian Mountains rise from the banks of the Danube as you cruise to Bratislava, the bustling modern capital of Slovakia.
	www.unl.edu /alumni/programs/tourin/03danube.htm (1433 words)

	Iceland's Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip - New York Times
		Speaking perfect English, the Viking delivered a brief biography of Erik the Red while his mate fried a pancake on a cast-iron skillet.
		The Viking turned out to be an Englishman, who had lived for 15 years in Norway, teaching lore and technique to school groups and organizing Viking festivals.
		We wound toward Lake Myvatn in the northeast, finally approaching a landscape straight from Middle Earth: a volcanic crater ringed in moss; outcroppings of lava dotted across the hills.
	travel2.nytimes.com /2006/06/18/travel/18ring.html?pagewanted=2 (914 words)

	Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation: Western Civilization, Act II
		Interview with NOVA and the curator of exhibit on Vikings at the Smithsonian." Explore a Viking village.
		Viking lifestyle: foods, clothing, recreation, pets and animals, marriage and divorce, and homosexuality.
		A castle is a properly fortified military residence.
	www.omnibusol.com /medieval.html (13402 words)

	Viking ring castles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Five of them have been dated to the reign of the Harold Bluetooth of Denmark (d.
		In spite of searches no real parallels have been found in the rest of Europe.
		The entire complex of fortifications, bridges and roads which were built around 980 are presumed to be Harald’s work, and part of a larger defensive system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viking_ring_castles (490 words)

	Ireland honeymoons by MoonRings
		Your driving day will end in a paved cul-de-sac across a moat from Waterford Castle, where you will enjoy several nights of wonderful food and local entertainment, and days touring Ireland's Viking Coast - they settled this city and the others nearby - and the famous glass and pottery factories of the area.
		Horseback riding, golf, and high tea will be your regimen, as you take daytrips out to the Ring of Kerry, Bantry Bay, or even onto sleepy Dingle peninsula, where the locals still speak Gaelic and the fish is sublime.
		Driving north through the thatched medieval town of Adare and the urban sprawl of Limerick, you'll cross the River Shannon and head along the Cliffs of Moher to Moy House, on Lahinch Bay.
	www.moonrings.com /Ireland.asp (495 words)

	Northvegr - Viking Tales of the North
		Three full marks weigh’d the ring, and of pure gold Volund had wrought it.
		Viking, ‘twas said, as he homeward return’d from a far-stretching foray,
		Viking right to the spot steers his snail, and rescues him helpless;
	www.northvegr.org /lore/viking/c003_02.php (1298 words)

	Denmark Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Egeskov Castle, complete with moat and drawbridge, is a Renaissance gem.
		Ancient castles, ring forts, jazz festivals, the sleekest modern design you'll ever see and the people who invented Lego - who could ask for more?
		Danish Vikings once took to the seas and ravaged half of Europe, but these days they've filed down their horns and forged a society that sees itself as a benchmark of civilisation, with progressive policies, a commitment to free speech and a liberal social-welfare system.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/denmark (221 words)

	The Leathercrafter's Ring
		This ring is for the individual leather-crafters as well as the professional leather-crafters.
		This includes personal web pages by leather-crafters showing their work or sharing their knowledge, as well as sites that are specifically to help the individual leather-crafter.
		We are a family web ring so anything not suitable for all ages will be rejected from membership.
	j.webring.com /hub?ring=lthrcrft (1912 words)

	Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends
		They are some of the best websites on the internet, and Odin's Castle is proud to have them as members of it's ring.
		Marshmount Castle was built shortly after the Norman Conquest and has remained more or less in the same family ever since.
		All Rings and Ring Logos are Copyrighted by Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends and may not be used without the expressed permission of Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends.
	www.odinscastle.org /odinlist.html (1810 words)

	Karen's Kastle: History Links
		Series of articles written in response to common questions, such as "What did the Vikings eat?", "Did the Vikings believe in ghosts?", and "Are the Kensington and Heavener Runestones authentic?" The articles are accompanied by copious bibliographical notation to guide further research.
		Series of essays exploring the development of English castles from the Norman Conquest onward.
		Covers the history of castle development in response to the evolution of siege weapons, with material on castle types and siege warfare.
	members.tripod.com /ladyclio/history.htm (839 words)

	Ireland Homes Rentals Waterville Beaches - Oceanfront Home
		The property commands a panoramic view of Waterville, Ballinskelligs Bay, and the scenic mountains ringing the bay.
		Those making the climb are rewarded with the same superb view experienced by these monks during the Viking era.
		Further afield lie day-trips along the world-famous Ring of Kerry to the bustling town of Killarney amid its lakes and woods, picturesque Kenmare and the timeless beauty of the Dingle Peninsula.
	www.vrbo.com /32252 (581 words)

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