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The Vikings got a pretty bad reputation in Medieval Christian Europe. Did they deserve this bad reputation? Why or why not? (Think about the places the attacked and who wrote about the history of the Viking). Maybe rewatch Crash Course History: Vikings for more info!
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Brandon P.
4/18/2016 12:01:09 pm
No, the vikings were just as mean as any army. They may have been smarter too. They attacked quickly and were gone before an army arrived. They usually attacked monostarys witch had many riches and no guards.
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Amy G.
4/18/2016 12:14:54 pm
I agree, the vikings were not given as much credit as they should have. Plus, most of the books and knowledge we have about these weird warriors were written by their victims, so they have a pretty bad rap.
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Josh W.
4/24/2016 05:57:33 pm
I agree with you because they were smart and attacked the easiest places to attack and had good loot. It was almost like they weren't even there.
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Gustavo A..
4/18/2016 12:14:18 pm
I think they should have deserved the bad reputation because they were just done from somethings then the vikings absolute start wrecking everything like monastaries and they keep raidning and if they never did all this bad things the people had to go through it would write good things about them
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Anthony L
4/20/2016 11:37:34 am
I agree with your comment because the destroyed so much. The sould be in prison if they can be caught.
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Amy G.
4/18/2016 12:17:48 pm
The vikings may have been vicious, but every army was. They were probably even more strategic because of their lightning attacks and special boats that could ride in rivers. In addition, most of the stuff we know about the vikings were written by their victims, as I said in my reply.
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Anthony L
4/20/2016 11:25:01 am
I think they should have had this bad reputation because they destroyed innocent monasteries. Even though they brought feudalism to Europe, the destroyed a lot of buildings. So this is why the are known to be bad.
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Sean Z.
4/21/2016 11:22:10 am
I agree with you, Anthony. They brought about feudalism, which was great, but they did it in a bad way. They just raided harmless monasteries and villages. Their lightning attacks made sure the army didn't get there in time. Then the Knights came.
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Gustavo A.
4/21/2016 12:51:47 pm
I do agree because i mean feudalism brought things together but the vikings did it in a very vicious way like attack inncont people and monistaries.
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Sean Z.
4/21/2016 11:19:49 am
I think that they deserve their bad reputation because they raided monasteries. They took gold and riches from harmless monks. That is just not right.
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Etta S
4/22/2016 11:51:14 am
I totally agree with you Sean. Just to get what they wanted, they were mean. They raided religious buildings for their own selfishness.
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Brandon P.
4/22/2016 11:54:16 am
I agree, but think about it for am moment. Would you raid a rich place without guards, or a poor town with people that have weapons?
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Etta S
4/22/2016 11:49:54 am
Yes. They deserve this reputation because they killed people just to get gold and items. They were very greedy, so I think that they deserve this reputation.
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Erik.N
4/24/2016 06:38:57 pm
I disagree but also agree. They stopped killing nobles after a bit. They were a bit greedy to.
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KEVON S
4/22/2016 11:53:25 am
i think they do deserve it because why raid a monastary with harmless people in there thats just sad!
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Jenna S.
4/22/2016 11:54:24 am
No, they did not deserve the bad reputation. They did not deserve it because when you look into them, they were actually pretty smart. Their ships were amazing, and they targeted the places with the least amount of guards. The Vikings were very smart, but the people of Europe were too blinded by the fact that they were attacking the monasteries and churches.
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paris r
4/22/2016 11:55:22 am
yes and no. yes because they raded monstarys. no because they need to for money.
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Lilli J.
4/22/2016 11:56:12 am
No, the Vikings were just like any other army. They did what they had to do. But at the same time they took gold from monks.which is not right, but I think anyone would take gold if they had a chance
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Alex .M
4/24/2016 07:38:36 pm
I agree with you Lilli. I think the Romans wouldn't care. Just look at what they did to Christians. Killing them in an arena. For ENTERTAINMENT. But, somehow they don't have a bad reputation.
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Armone L.
5/5/2016 07:53:47 pm
I agree with you Lilli, because they wanted people to fear them. But at the same time they shouldn't even have started to raid Europe to start any mess.
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Mark P.
4/22/2016 11:56:25 am
Yes but no. Yes because they attacked monasteries which is just like wow. I also say no too because it is the easiest place to loot with a lot of treasure. So I could argue both sides but I can't decide which.
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Lilli J.
4/24/2016 04:47:33 pm
I agree with you Mark because who they attacked was not right, but i think really any other army would of done it too.
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Josh W.
4/24/2016 06:02:40 pm
I think that they deserved this reputation because they were just being smart. they chose the easiest ones to attack that had a lot of good loot and attacked. It was just like going to war except it was a lot faster.
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Erik.N
4/24/2016 06:37:30 pm
No. They didn't exactly burn places down or destroy homes. They didn't cause to much harm. After a while they stopped killing nobles.
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Triston.P
4/24/2016 08:56:59 pm
You have a point Erick they didn't burn down houses and the rest of there place but they did break every thing they had. Also they even stole so that's kinda just as bad cause you still have to fix your homes.
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Alex .M
4/24/2016 07:36:31 pm
I think that the Vikings did not deserve that reputation. They did attack monastery's, but look at what the Romans did. Or the Frank's. Killing innocents just for their religion. Now the Vikings don't seem so bad.
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Noemi R
4/24/2016 08:37:11 pm
I agree. If you look at what past armies have done, it makes the vikings look not as bad. That is a strong point you got across Alex.
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Noemi R
4/24/2016 08:35:34 pm
I don't think that the vikings deserved this reputation. Well they were pretty alarming but I mean, that was their way to be victorious. They did destroy almost everything in their way, but again, that was their way on winning wars. Plus, the majority of stories were written by the enemies of the vikings which is why it gives them a bad rep, because they made them seem like such terrible people.
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Triston.P
4/24/2016 08:53:25 pm
No because if they live that way its not there fault. Vikings are already mean so there kinda living there life style and I know they can change there life but the way they were raised is why there that way. But also still not there fault for rading monostarys cause its there fault for not having guards and being so rich.
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Mark
4/30/2016 05:41:29 am
I think you are wrong because even though they were a different religion doesent mean they can destroy christanity! We should have respect for all religions not just ours.
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Mark
4/30/2016 05:38:17 am
I think they did deserve this bad reputation. I think this because they attacked churches and monastaries. This is bad because the priests and monks where defensles.
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Armone L.
5/5/2016 07:51:49 pm
I think that they should have got a bad reputation, because they went around Europe and killed and robbed people for no reason. They basically gave there selves a bad reputation by doing the stuff that they did. Also, if they didn't raid Europe they wouldn't have the reputation that they have.
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