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Jiang uses the scholarly period 793 to 1066, from the first written monastery raid to the Battle of Hastings and Norman assimilation.
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Viking Age
Jiang uses the scholarly period 793 to 1066, from the first written monastery raid to the Battle of Hastings and Norman assimilation.
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The Viking Age is framed as 793 to 1066, beginning with a recorded monastery raid and ending with Norman assimilation into the broader European order after Hastings.
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Jiang's preferred explanation for the start of the Viking Age is opportunism: monasteries created a new opportunity and Vikings took advantage of it.
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"Okay, so let's do a brief historical overview. So the Viking Age is what scholars term the period from the year 793 to 1066...."
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"...would be conquered. And this would mark the end of the Viking Age because it really marked the assimilation or integration of Viking culture..."
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"...scholars have debated for a long time is why did the Viking age start? What prompted the beginning of the Viking age? Why did..."
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"...So, the history is... We have to go back to the Viking Age. This is about the year 900, a thousand. Right? So, the..."
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"Viking Age, what we need to keep in mind is this was a period in history when Europe was being invaded. Or attacked. Or..."
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"...land people, meaning they ride horses into battle. And during the Viking Age, they were extremely successful. Penetrating into many parts of Europe before..."
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"Okay? And they would do this multiple times during the Viking Age. So what's important for us to understand is that these Viking raids..."
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"...-old in Scandinavia and you're about 800. Okay? That's when the Viking Age begins. By age 16, what have you learned? What have you..."
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"...places were perfect to pillage. And that's what really started the Viking Age, the fact that wealth was now being concentrated whereas before it..."
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"...Viking threat with the same emergency as the Vikings did. the Viking age came to an end when the Vikings amassed enough wealth to..."
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"...and support to the European powers. And that's what ended the Viking Age. The Vikings were so successful that they were eventually co -opted..."
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