Viking everyday life
The Viking’s everyday life is not quite what people would expect. Most of the people lived in in their homeland of Scandinavia. At this time they were mostly farmers, they would take care of their land so they could grow crops and raise animals for food or other purposes. Their work life consisted of farming, building, carpeting, hunting, and smithing. The way they completed their tasks were based on what family they came from. If the son of a great blacksmith was born, then they would carry on their family 's legacy by becoming a blacksmith. They would learn what their father’s father taught them and learn it. It would considered a great honor to carry on the legacy of their family 's name. Same for the girls they would learn from their mothers and they would do what their mothers did.
How their rulers ruled their land
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Their plunder of course! They would attack churches and steal their precious belongings such as; gold statues, money, and other religious artifacts. The name of the first church they hit was on a small island on the southeast coast of England called Lindisfarne. They then moved north up the coast to what is now the highlands and moved south from there establishing villages and attacking any army that stood in there way.
There trade routes went all around the world snaking around what is now Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Some then sailed west and landed in what is now North America, others sailed south to Africa and Europe. During their travels they would also bring their wives for the soon new settlements they would create. Most of the time the women would go with the men on raids and even in battles. The woman were most like the men in battle, but in the home they were completely different. In battle they would be recorded as fierce and formidable opponents.
Famous Viking