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The vikings were vicious and terrifying for the people of Medieval Europe. They were seen as especially ruthless because their favorite places to attack were churches and monasteries. Do you think it was right or wrong for the vikings to attack monasteries and churches? Why?
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Anita B.
3/20/2017 03:35:48 pm
I believe that Vikings had the right to attack monasteries and churches. The monasteries and churches were where all the riches were so that would be the place you would want to raid. I believe that they had the right because they needed a place to get money and if you were smart, you wouldn't born them down.
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Miah V
3/21/2017 02:48:25 pm
I agree the vikings did have the rights to attack monasteries and churches. If theirs riches in the churches and monasteries of course there going to raid the riches.
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Ryan R
3/22/2017 07:50:17 am
I agree with you Anita. They did have the right to trash the monasteries. Plus, where else were the Vikings supposed to go for money? They needed to raid them, they couldn't just go to a bank and withdrawal 50 silver coins.
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Brendan O.
3/22/2017 07:52:31 am
I agree with Anita. Raiding the monasteries was the smart way to get money especially with how little defense they had. Therefore it was smart, and while vicious, okay in middle age standards.
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Austin B.
4/1/2017 06:05:37 am
I agree because Vikings were not that civilized or at least compared to most kingdoms. They had small amounts of places to attack that were so rich for their size.
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Wilson M.
4/2/2017 07:12:19 pm
I agree with you Anita because the churches and monasteries were of Christianity and not the Norse Gods the vikings believed in. So they would attack to take all the riches and show what gods were real.
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Lidia K.
3/20/2017 04:27:27 pm
I think that the Vikings were wrong to raid the monasteries and the churches. If they wanted to get more money or food, they could trade, and then both the Vikings and the people would be happy. The Vikings would not have been known to be ruthless and SAVAGE people. I think that the Vikings caused all these probably misunderstandings, themselves.
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Marie H.
4/2/2017 05:51:27 pm
I agree with Lidia because they should not have just raided the monisteries and churches. Like I read in Mr. Kaciuba's post, killing monks and priests does not really sound, or make you, that tough.
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Mr. Kaciuba
3/21/2017 07:46:45 am
As the saying goes "All is fair in love and war." But I think in this case it was not fair or right that the Vikings attacked churches and monasteries. I get why they did it...less chance of getting harmed, the churches had tons of money and they did not believe in Christianity so they did not fear killing holy men. But come on! These vikings are supposed to be fierce warriors. How does killing monks and priests make them tough?
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Kevin R.
3/21/2017 03:01:48 pm
I agree with you but it was also a good thing because they could use for shelter to stay the night or be in building for defense in case someone attacks them
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Miah V
3/21/2017 02:45:18 pm
I think it was fair for the viking to attack churches and monasteries. It was fair vikings to attack the churches and monasteries because they where full of riches. If the riches where protected then maybe the vikings would stop invading the churches and monasteries.
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Jamie D.
3/22/2017 07:50:25 am
I disagree. I believe that is wasn't fair for the viking to attack the churches and monostaries because they were killing tons of innocent people. Yes, the weren't guarded, but I think that even if it was guarded thay still would have attacked the churches and monostaries.
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Erin M.
3/22/2017 07:52:31 am
I agree. The Christians who had the riches had to have people guarding it or they were just plain stupid because well if I had riches I would have guards protecting it. Not just leaving it out there in the open. It's like they WANTED the vikings to go in and raid it.
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Callie K.
4/2/2017 11:35:13 am
I agree with Miah. There were lots of riches. If the riches were protected, then maybe the vikings would stop invading the Churches and Monasteries.
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Kevin R.
3/21/2017 03:00:22 pm
I think it was wrong because that was our places to pray and what happened if we destroyed there praying places (if they have any).
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jack w
3/22/2017 07:54:39 am
I disagree with you as I said in my post they can just rebuild and most time they did not even burn it. another point is they can come back later and they will still be able to lot the place again.
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Lidia K.
3/22/2017 02:08:17 pm
I agree! I think that it was wrong for Vikings to raid monasteries and churches. These places were important places to the Europeans and places to pray. I think (like I said earlier) the Vikings did this themselves.
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SydneyH
4/1/2017 08:10:55 pm
I agree with the fact that it wasn't fair but, I disagree with your reasoning. The vikings didn't care for shelter when they were done, when they were don they go back to the boat and sail off.
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Ryan R
3/22/2017 07:48:11 am
I think that it was alright to invade the monasteries. The Vikings didn't follow their religion and the Europeans didn't follow the Vikings' religion. Plus, Monasteries had all of the treasure in the town. The Vikings had to go there if they wanted to get the money.
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Kelby m
3/22/2017 07:58:26 am
I sorta agree with you, just because you don't follow someone else's religion doesn't mean you ransack their buildings and take them as slaves. But that was how they got their money and that was fine with them. If they got caught, oh well, Karma.
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Angela C.
3/30/2017 04:13:10 pm
I agree, it seemed fair for the Vikings because it wasn't affecting them religiously. It was an easy way to get loot, and not have to confront any trained soldiers.
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Xavier L.
4/1/2017 05:16:16 am
I agree with you Ryan, the monasteries had all the treasure in the town. Without it, they probably wouldn't have come there at all.
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Anita B.
4/2/2017 10:42:34 am
I agree with you Ryan, I think they had the right to invade the monasteries and churches. The money was all in the Monasteries so that was were you wanted to go and after all, "all is fair in love and war."
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Jamie D.
3/22/2017 07:48:32 am
I believe that it was not fair because they were destroying people's places to pray. Yes, they did it because they wanted the riches and it wasn't protected, but again they were killing innocent people for absolutly no reason at all.
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Brisy F.
3/22/2017 07:49:49 am
This is 50/50. If I had to choose, I would say it was alright. Churches had to most riches and the vikings wanted the riches. Also, vikings weren't Christianity so of course they were gonna rob churches. And if the vikings didn't burn the place down, they would come in later years to rob it again.
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Erin M.
3/22/2017 07:49:49 am
I believe that the vikings had a right to raid the churches and monasteries because they needed the money and they didn't burn it down. So in the future when the people filled it up w/ riches again future Vikings got to raid it again and again.
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Brendan O.
3/22/2017 07:50:03 am
I think it was okay to attack the monasteries and monks (sorry Kelby). They did not believe in the christian god so they didn't believe they would go to hell. Also, if you saw something with no defenses wouldn't you attack it? Besides attacking the monasteries weakened later opponents. Monks helped out the poor who were sick. If you kill those people they have no help so your opponents won't get crops and the monks can't teach a religion the Vikings are against. Besides, they got a lot of money from it so why not do it? In the dark ages all of that would be acceptable behavior.
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Xavier L.
3/22/2017 07:50:04 am
Put this in the vikings point of view, wouldn't they say different? They would think it would be right to attack the monasteries and churches because of the riches there. And would then come back for more, over and over again.
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jack w
3/22/2017 07:51:09 am
I think that they were right they are easy targets. Another reason is they can come back again later.
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Kelby m
3/22/2017 07:53:27 am
I say it was both OK and not OK because sure they were stealing and that's bad but, on the other hand they did it for the same reason your parent/s get up in the morning and go to work, to make $ and provide. Yes they were vicious and raided monasteries and that is totally not acceptable but that was what they did to survive.
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spencer.c
3/22/2017 07:59:42 am
I think it was kinda wrong because they were defenseless because the moment the got raided the army couldn't come early enough to protect him.
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SydneyH
3/22/2017 04:30:01 pm
I don't think it's fair because the vikings didn't have a reason, goal, or purpose of doing it. They did because they were different religion than them and burned down the churches because of it.
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Mary P.
3/23/2017 09:19:02 pm
I think it is wrong that the vikings would attack the monasteries and churches. I think this because they didn't have a lot of protection, that they are never prepared for an attack. Plus, the Vikings are attacking easy targets, they should go to a place where they were actually challenged.
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Mary P.
3/24/2017 07:03:37 pm
I agree with Anita because the Vikings had the right to go anywhere. They just chose to go to the churches and monasteries, because there was a lot of different valuable things in them.
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Gianna S
3/26/2017 02:44:55 pm
I think it was wrong for them to attack.I think that because that is were the people pray, but they were killing people for no reason. If they wanted money or something they could trade or work for it.
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Gianna S
3/26/2017 02:49:22 pm
I agree with Jamie. i agree with you because it wasn't fair for people just to have a safe place of theirs destroyed, for some people it is like a second home and to just have that destroyed.
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Catherine S
3/26/2017 06:15:31 pm
I think that it was not totally fair that the Vikings attacked these sacred places. It was not fair because those places was were many riches were kept. Also Churches and Monasteries were the safe haven for many people. But, it was not totally unfair. There were no rules saying that the Vikings could not attack these places. It would just be nice to leave them in peace. But the Vikings did not care of being nice. They did not because they did not practice those religions. They only cared about Norse Gods like Thor. But I think it was just bad of them to attack Churches and Monasteries even if it was logical for the Vikings.
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Angela C.
3/30/2017 07:01:15 pm
I think it was fine for the Vikings to raid the churches and monasteries. It did not personally affect the Vikings because they did not follow the same religion, that was one reason it was easy to raid. What made it easy the most was the fact that the monks and popes could not fight back, Vikings were able to defeat them and get the most money sense churches had the most money.
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Austin B.
4/1/2017 06:08:10 am
I think it was alright for Vikings to attack churches and monasteries, especially in their time. Churches and monasteries are mostly rich compared to cities the same size and are weaker than most kingdoms making them perfect for attack.
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Callie K.
4/2/2017 11:37:57 am
I think that it was fair to attack the churches and monasteries. They were full of riches. Maybe if the riches were protected, then there would no longer be any stealing.
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Marie H.
4/2/2017 05:47:29 pm
I think the Vikings were wrong to attack the monisteries and churches because if they wanted food or money, they could've just asked the monks. Although they did believe in different gods and just different things in general, they still shouldn't have had the right to attack monasteries and churches at random. In a few ways I guess they were right, but I mean not many, but in most ways I think they were wrong.
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Wilson M.
4/2/2017 07:17:57 pm
I was right for the vikings to attack the monasteries and churches to show how strongly they thought there gods were and not the Christian god. But also for the wealth the vikings would gain from all the money the church collected over the years. Then they wouldn't burn them down so that in about 5 years the church would regain the money and then raid them again to get more wealthy.
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