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Historical Perspective: Viking Longships
e Vikings were the Norse warriors, explorers, and merchants
who raided, explored, and settled wide areas of England, Scotland,
Ireland, Wales, Iceland, France, Spain, Africa, and Italy. ey
started their expansion by executing multiple raids of the English
shores. According to e Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Viking raiders struck
England in 793 AD and raided Lindisfarne, the monastery that held
Saint Cuthbert’s relics. eir raids continued to increase in frequency
and the number of participating troops, until in 865 AD the Great
Heathen Army led by the brothers Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan, and
Ubbe Ragnarsson arrived in ...