Throughout the early middle ages the Vikings cruelly destroyed and ruined as they vanquished a great part of Europe, they have a reputation of strong and ruthless people. The incursions in Eurasia surely were cruel, and constructed a time of phobia and anxiety especially among religious people (monks). Monks remembered the predictions about wild tribes from Bible. They thought that these pagans punishment for bad actions from god. However, all military operations of Vikings were high professional and prepared, but their enemies were usually untrained for fighting. Moreover, the tactics of brutality among Vikings were not extraordinary or unique during the early middle ages. Nevertheless, they did not have any other alternatives for violence.
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Much information of Viking intervention makes reflections of killing, degradation and absolute collapse. A written source of a Viking aggression on Constantinople in 860, wrote by Patriarch Photius, a citizen of New Rome, provides large information of the inhuman "pagans" military, he wrote not only about the brutal essence of the pagans, however, also the excessive phobia they distributed in all the world (Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, Sermon (895). In addition the attacking of Barda (Ibn al-Athir on the Rus capture of Barda (943-944).These captures of the Vikings brought a uncommon violence of the raids. The high mobility and instability of the Vikings was one of the different attributes that worried the human beings of the East. Experienced and professional craftsmen built the ships which were wonderful and a great advantage for the Vikings." Approximately about 7 meters wide and 25 meters long, the ships could take up to 50 soldiers each, and were appropriate for voyage along seas, rivers and lakes (Wikipedia)”. “These descriptions invented the images of angry enemies, because they assault strongly, making it impossible to organise protection (Extracts from the Annals of St. …show more content…
Scandinavian Peninsula was inappropriate for agriculture; the Vikings lived with the help of trade relations. Usually, the most cities in south and central Europe were separated for that reason a weak connection between cities happening. Furthermore, the Vikings created constant commerce stations as they travelled throughout Eurasia, which helped the continent by challenging the difficulties of trade and inspiring the prosperity of cities. The continent was a stage nearer to becoming central, as a trade developed relationship between cities. A lot of parts Europe can became the process of the regional development. For saving cities and villages, people from different countries united and invented the ways of security their native places and Europeans mobilized together against the terrible enemies. For that reason, the governments improved their abilities and practical skills of leadership. The Frank Empire was among the most prosperous countries and they could achieve stability in internal political struggles, which became a reason for weaknesses. Moreover, such kind of achievement as a stability became an effective weapon against the Vikings but the Scandinavians were still too terrible
Much information of Viking intervention makes reflections of killing, degradation and absolute collapse. A written source of a Viking aggression on Constantinople in 860, wrote by Patriarch Photius, a citizen of New Rome, provides large information of the inhuman "pagans" military, he wrote not only about the brutal essence of the pagans, however, also the excessive phobia they distributed in all the world (Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, Sermon (895). In addition the attacking of Barda (Ibn al-Athir on the Rus capture of Barda (943-944).These captures of the Vikings brought a uncommon violence of the raids. The high mobility and instability of the Vikings was one of the different attributes that worried the human beings of the East. Experienced and professional craftsmen built the ships which were wonderful and a great advantage for the Vikings." Approximately about 7 meters wide and 25 meters long, the ships could take up to 50 soldiers each, and were appropriate for voyage along seas, rivers and lakes (Wikipedia)”. “These descriptions invented the images of angry enemies, because they assault strongly, making it impossible to organise protection (Extracts from the Annals of St. …show more content…
Scandinavian Peninsula was inappropriate for agriculture; the Vikings lived with the help of trade relations. Usually, the most cities in south and central Europe were separated for that reason a weak connection between cities happening. Furthermore, the Vikings created constant commerce stations as they travelled throughout Eurasia, which helped the continent by challenging the difficulties of trade and inspiring the prosperity of cities. The continent was a stage nearer to becoming central, as a trade developed relationship between cities. A lot of parts Europe can became the process of the regional development. For saving cities and villages, people from different countries united and invented the ways of security their native places and Europeans mobilized together against the terrible enemies. For that reason, the governments improved their abilities and practical skills of leadership. The Frank Empire was among the most prosperous countries and they could achieve stability in internal political struggles, which became a reason for weaknesses. Moreover, such kind of achievement as a stability became an effective weapon against the Vikings but the Scandinavians were still too terrible