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of  The Viking Age is the period from 793 AD to 1066 AD in
European History, especially Northern European and Scandinavian
history, following the Germanic Iron Age.[1] It is the period of
history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its oceans
and rivers for trade and conquest. In this period, the Vikings
also settled in present-day Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland,
Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, Russia and Anatolia.[2]
Historical considerations[edit]  In England, the Viking Age
began on 8 June 793[3] when Vikings destroyed the abbey on
Lindisfarne, a centre of learning that was famous across the
continent. Monks were killed in the abbey, thrown into the sea
to drown, or carried away as slaves along with the church
treasures. Three Viking ships had beached in Portland Bay four
years earlier (although due to a scribal error the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle dates this event to 7