This likely encouraged many Danes to take to raiding and then later into settling new areas, where a more stable economy could be established for them. At that point, climate conditions in Denmark and Scandinavia may have forced many populations out of the region because it became difficult to farm. Oseberg ship, Kulturhistorisk museum (Viking Ship Museum), Oslo, Norway.īy 865, the Danes and Norse had seen the British Isles as a region to settle rather than simply raid (Figure 1).
Whatever happened to the land of the mighty vikings series#
In effect, the invasions by the Danes and Norsemen set off a series of events that ultimately led to the unification of England, where after this time England would never be seen as having multiple states or crowns.
This did not happen in his lifetime but by the reign of his grandson, Æthelstan, it became a reality in 927. In the 860-890s, Alfred of Wessex forged the idea of an England, one that was a united kingdom from Anglo-Saxons. These divided lands often fought each other however, a clear dominant kingdom rarely emerged. Wales and Cornwall were also occupied by the remaining Britons, who were the pre-Roman population of the British Isles. Before 865, England was divided into four or sometimes more countries, populated by Angles and Saxons (or Anglo-Saxons). The Viking, or more accurately Danish and Norsemen, invasions of England in the 9th century CE (865) helped lead to what ultimately would become the united country of England. Edmund, who was an East Anglia king who died at the hands of the Viking invasions of England.
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