Vikings Homework Help Where did the Vikings settle in Britain? The area eventually settled by Vikings was called the Danelaw. It formed a boundary separating Anglo-Saxon England from Viking England and was defined in a treaty between the English King Alfred and Viking King Guthrum in AD 880. It lay north of Watling Street, a Roman road running from London north-west to Chester and covered northern and eastern England. It included counties north of an imaginary line running from London to Bedford and then up to Chester. The Vikings settled in: Islands off the coast of Scotland - Shetland, Orkney and The Hebrides Around the north and north west coast of Scotland Parts of Ireland - Dublin is a Viking city The Isle of Man Small parts of Wales Parts of England known as Danelaw Place Names We can tell where the Vikings settled by place names of towns and villages today. Place names ending in –by eg. Derby - A village where deer are found Place names ending in –thorpe (or -thorp, -throp or –trop) eg. Viking Words
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Towns and Trading in the Viking Age Towns and Trading in the Viking Age Norse traders (and raiders) traveled extensively throughout the known world, bringing back to the Norse lands a wide variety of trade goods. The capacity of Norse era cargo ships made it possible to trade not only in high value luxury items (such as silks and spices from the Far East), but also in more bulky, prosaic, every-day items. Some of the exports from various regions during the Viking age include: Vínland: timber Greenland: walrus ivory, furs, skins, wool Iceland: fish, animal fat, wool cloth and clothing, sulfur, falcons England: tin, wheat, honey, woolens, silver, barley, linen Russia: slaves, furs, wax, honey Byzantium: silks, fruits, spices, wines, gems, silver, jewelry, brocade Frankish kingdoms: weapons, jewelry, wine, glass, salt, woolen cloth Shetland Islands: soapstone Norway: timber, iron, soapstone, whetstones, barley, tar Sweden: iron, furs East Baltic regions: amber, slaves, furs Most Norse merchants were not professionals.