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Publication date: 25th October 2011 by Podcast Author: Professor Rosamond McKitterick. CPD Author: Rob Guyver. Producer: Simon Brown
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The Vikings - Primary E-CPD

The purpose of this unit is to provide for teachers' subject knowledge on the Vikings. This reflects a need for up-to-date and scholarly historical knowledge, but this also demonstrates that it is essential to see the Vikings as having diversified experiences and impacts over time in a variety of geographical contexts - European, Mediterannean and North Atlantic.


Vikings CPD
Introduction
Who were the Vikings?
Why should we stop thinking of the Vikings as violent marauders?
The Vikings as Traders
Founding and developing towns
Pagan Viking Times and Christian Viking Times
Did Viking Paganism influence Christianity?
In what ways were Vikings political?
The relationship between the Franks and Vikings
Was the Danelaw a separate Viking State?
The Viking Settlers and Anglo-Saxon Rule
Were the Normans migrated Vikings?
Why didn't the Normans retain a Norse like language?
How have the Vikings been interpreted over time?
Overview - Books, Chapters and Links


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