THINGS ABOUT THE VIKINGS
Added on: 12th Jun 2016
ENSLAVING PEOPLE WAS A BIG THING FOR THEM.
THEY WOULD QUITE OFTEN CAPTURE AS MANY
SLAVES AS THEY COULD WHILE THEY WERE
PILLAGING ANGLO-SAXON, CELTIC AND
SLAVIC VILLAGES
THE SLAVES WERE KNOWN AS THRALLS AND WERE
SOLD IN MARKETS ACROSS EUROPE AND ASIA
VIKING GIRLS GOT MARRIED AS YOUNG AS 12
THEY TYPICALLY WOULD WATCH THE HOUSEHOLD
AS THEIR HUSBANDS WERE OFF RAIDING
THEY HAD A LOT OF FREEDOM FOR THAT TIME PERIOD
THOUGH. AS LONG AS THEY WEREN'T THRALLS, THEY
COULD OWN PROPERTY, DIVORCE, AND RECLAIM DOWRY
IN SPITE OF THEIR RAIDING REPUTATION, MOST
VIKING MEN WERE FARMERS AND NOT WARRIORS
THEY SKIED. THAT'S RIGHT, NEARLY 6,000 YEARS AGO
THE SCANDINAVIANS DEVELOPED PRIMITIVE SKIS
SKIING WAS ACTUALLY SEEN AS AN EFFICIENT
METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION
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