Transcript THE VIKING - St. Ignatius

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The Vikings lived over one thousand years ago and
came from the three countries of Scandinavia:
Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Many Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe
and the Atlantic Ocean in their long ships.
. were
Vikings
also known as
the Norsemen.
They were great
travellers and
sailed to other
parts of Europe,
where they
traded, raided,
and often settled
Vikings was good
travellers and raided
monastery's.
Thor is a god of thunder .
Vikings built longships
out of oak.
The Vikings believed in Loki
and Thor their gods .
Viking have multicoloured shields
Vikings had swords ,axes and shields.
Norsemen means 'people from the North'
Vikings were also farmers, fishermen, trappers and traders. Viking craftsmen
made beautiful objects out of wood, metal and bone; Viking women were
skilful weavers, produced fine and warm textiles.
Vikings had swords
,axes and shields
Viking clothes were made from
wool, linen and animal skins
Vikings wore no
horned helmet in a
battle .
Men wore tunics and trousers and
women wore a long dress with a pinafore
over it. Their clothes were fastened with
belts and brooches
The Vikings were skilful weavers and made
their own clothes. Women, with the help of
children, made the wool into yarn and used
natural dyes from plants to give it colour
VIKING FOOD
There were no supermarkets or shops to buy food so the Vikings ate what
Vegetables e.g. leeks, onions, turnips, parsnips and carrots.
Wild nuts e.g. hazelnuts and walnuts.
food they could grow or hunt