2/17/10 More Viking Notes

• Each fleet acted independately
• They were considered terrorists because they relied on terror to win most of their battles
• They attacked monestaries more because of all the silver that they would have
• They set their target for Paris
• The Prince payed the vikings almost six tons of silver and gold to the vikings so they would leave
• It turned out that the opposite happened. The vikings attacked Paris more because they had more loot
• Erik the Red and Lief Erikson were two famous Vikings
• Fishing in Greenland was excellent but the land could not be farmed
• Lief Erikson was the first to find North America
• This colony was only around for a decade however
• Lief Erikson converted the Greenland colonies to Christianity
• The people did not like giving up their Pagan ways
• The test was that if the Pagan could pass through the Christian fire than the religion would be Pagan and vice versa
• Harold was the 15 year old boy