Why Were Vikings Considered Uncivilized

The Norsemen were a war hungry, brutal, and unruly civilization. At least this was believed until further evidence in Norsemen literature was found showing otherwise. The Norsemen were in fact quite civilized and had many beliefs and systems in place to rule and govern their people. The Norsemen are considered barbaric, uncivilized, and brutal because of one common misconception. The Norsemen are better known as the Vikings. The misconception here is that the word Viking is not actually a noun but rather a verb; it is an action of pillaging and plundering by sea. The Norsemen are considered barbaric and uncivilized because whenever someone speaks of the Vikings who are almost always depicted killing and pillaging, they actually are talking about the Norsemen who did go viking but were also civilized. The Norsemen were considered uncivilized because their illegitimate counterpart, the Vikings, were depicted so cruel and

The Norsemen would hold hearings called things. The word thing comes from the Old Norse word þing. The citizens of a land would gather at a thing to watch a jury of 12, 24, or 36, depending on the importance of a case, decide the guilt of a criminal. Norsemen would solve domestic disputes with a duel. The duels had two specific locations they took place at an; the inlet Hulme, or the inlet Skerry. If the duel was taking place far inland they would go to a secluded place to duel. The duelists would fight with swords and shields until the first person had their blood touch the ground. The person whose blood touched the ground lost the duel and also lost the dispute. The man who won was chosen by the gods because the just man was supposedly always chosen by the gods. The way that Norsemen handled law and were fair, other than in the superstitious belief of a god picking the winner of a duel, shows how the Norsemen were quite civilized for their