Well, the difference between Norse and Viking lies in their occupations. So, while these terms are both used to refer to people from Scandinavia, the Norse were largely full-time traders who settled in Scandinavia. The Vikings, on the other hand, were more of warriors who were led by Jarl, someone of noble birth or the second son of the peacetime chieftain. The Vikings were also not full-time warriors, as they are largely portrayed, and they were largely farmers who fought like warriors when they were required to or when the opportunity presented itself.
Norse is a name used to describe not only the Norsemen from Scandinavia but also to refer to the language Norse Language. Out of Old Norse came a number of other languages, including East Norse, which gave rise to the modern Swedish and Danish languages, while West Norse gave rise to the modern Icelandic, Norwegian, and Faroese languages.
Despite their many accomplishments as a society and the lasting contributions they made to cultures around Europe, the Vikings will always be known as seafaring warriors. The terms Norsemen and Vikings refer to certain people as a collective. The former is a catch-all designation for medieval Scandinavians, while the latter refers to a group of individuals identified largely by their vocation. The underlying assumption for both names has been that they were made up of homogeneous people, i.
As modern scientific studies have shown, however, the Norsemen and Vikings were not all blond-haired and blue-eyed. In fact, it turns out that they were not all Scandinavian either. DNA analysis of the skeletal remains of Vikings recovered from areas throughout Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, and Greenland have revealed genetic markers indicating Southern European and Asian ancestry.
Whether they were called Norsemen or Vikings, it turns out that some of them had family ties to lands thousands of miles away from Scandinavia. The Vikings hailed from Scandinavia , which during the Middle Ages was comprised of a patchwork of territories which sometimes battled each other led by local chieftains and warlords.
It was not until the rise of monarchy and subsequent unification of these mini kingdoms that the nations of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden came into being.
Although they spoke the same language, worshiped the same pantheon of Norse gods and goddesses, and shared common, fundamental beliefs and practices, the Vikings from these different regions developed their own unique identities and carved out differing niches in world history.
Some factions of Vikings even had their own monikers. Known widely as the Danes , in the eyes of many, the Vikings from Denmark had the greatest influence in terms of political power and military might. Their warmongering efforts were focused on Western Europe, specifically France and England. Although their territorial conquests were not as well-chronicled as those of their Danish counterparts, the Vikings who hailed from southern Norway were reputed to be the fiercest warriors in battle with a particular affinity for the battle-ax as their weapon of choice.
The famed Viking raid on Lindisfarne is believed to have originated from Norway. The Vikings would make sea voyages to foreign lands and raid the villages there. They did not conduct raids every time but only during specific months and seasons. They mostly tended to raid foreign lands during summer.
During the times of war, the Vikings would be led by their leader who was known as Jarl. Jarl was the second son of a chieftain. The Vikings targeted wealthy and less protected western Europe-an monasteries when conducting raids. According to historical records, the Vikings were cruel people. They would destroy everything they could and also pillage all that they could manage to. Debate exists concerning the degree of cruelty of the Vikings, some people believe that they were bloodthirsty while others believe they were not that cruel as some historical docu-ments depict them as having been.
According to a written account by Alcuin of York, the Vikings brutally shed a lot of blood including in places of worship when they at-tacked Britain around the year Other quarters however defend the Vikings say-ing they were no more cruel than the armies of that time.
A recent Cambridge con-ference suggested that the Vikings lived harmoniously with their contemporary neighbours like the Celtics and even shared technology and ideas with them.
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