Franco Custodio HIS233 Jason Treter 25Sep10 The Vikings In 793 AD, a peaceful monastery in the northeastern England called Lindisfarne was savagely attacked by strange new invaders (“The Viking,” 2000 ). These warriors were described as blue eyed barbarians in horned helmet and believed to have been Norwegians who came from the North Sea. The attack was marked the beginning of the Viking Age. Just who and what are these Vikings? What is their main intention of attacking the monastery of Lindisfarne?
Historical evidence mainly refers to the raids which were under taken by the Vikings and the violence associated with this. For the Annals of Ulster the first known raid in 795 ‘the burning of Rechru by the heathens, and Skye was overwhelmed and laid waste’. [1] In contrast the archaeological evidence is unbiased and depicts all the aspects of Viking life. Before investigating Viking Dublin beginning in 917 it is important to understand that the settlement in Dublin beginning in 917 is not the first Viking settlement in Dublin. In 841 the Annals suggest the existence of a longhphort in Dublin.
Superbly set high upon its river cliff above the Wye, Chepstow still guards one of the main river crossings from southern England into Wales. Few castles in Britain tell the story of medieval fortification, from beginning to end, as does this mighty stronghold. It was probably the very first stone castle in the entire country, and was to see successive developments right through to the Civil War of the 17th century. Throughout the Middle Ages, Chepstow was the center of military and administrative power in the Marcher lordship ofStrigoil. Within a few months of the Battle of Hastings William fitz Osbern, lord of Breteuil in Normandy, was created earl of Hereford by William the Conqueror, and was given the task of subduing the southern Welsh borderlands.
A small fireplace is located in the floor of this chamber and the Minoans didn’t use fireplaces to cook food, so it may have been used as a heating system. The skeleton of an adult lay on the floor; the gender of this skeleton cannot be determined [4]. One hundred and five pieces of pottery fragments, all belonging to the same vessel, lay scattered next to the skeleton [4]. The skeleton’s position on the floor is directly in front of the central chamber. This leads me to believe that the person took a pottery vessel out of the central room and was on his or her way out when something
How similar are Warwick and Kenilworth castles in their development over time? In this essay I will be showing how similar/different Warwick and Kenilworth castle developed over the years. In this introduction I will go over a brief summary of each castle. Firstly Warwick, Warwick castle was built in 1068 by William the conqueror when he invaded England, this was how many castles were first built, Warwick castle first started out as a motte and bailey. At around 1120 Warwick castle first started to build stone walls around the perimeter and then in 1450 guys tower was added, giving it the classical ‘castle’ look.
| Ravensbrück | Carly Clement, Devin Frederick, Janelle Zielinski | 5/22/2013 | In the autumn of 1938, a concentration camp only for women was built by the SS, the name was Ravensbrück. The man that decided to build this camp was Heinrich Himmler; the location of this camp was north of Germany, near Furstenberg. The road ran right through Furstenberg to Ravensbrück and a direct train line from Berlin. At the end of 1938, 500 prisoners transferred from Sachsenhausen to Ravensbrück in order to build the new camp. There were originally 14 barracks, a kitchen, an infirmary, and a small camp for men, which was isolated from women completely.
The Origin of Normandy. On the northern coast of France directly across from England is a district extending some seventy-five miles back from the Channel and known as Normandy. It derives its name from the bands of Northmen who settled there in the ninth and tenth centuries, at the same time as similar bands were settling in the north and east of England. The Seine offered a convenient channel for penetration into the country, and the settlements of Danes in this region furnish a close parallel to those around the Humber. A generation after Alfred reached an agreement with the Northmen in England, a somewhat similar understanding was reached between Rollo, the leader of the Danes in Normandy, and Charles the Simple, king of France.
It was during the 1890’s that garden cities were becoming incredibly influential. Take the design of Letchworth (1903) and Welwyn (1920) two cities that were built in approximation of Howard’s model. Which was very influential in the new towns and very much so in Britain and United States. (Fishman 1977). Howards vision was to build a type of city that interrelated both town and country life and gave this a name as the ‘three magnets’ which described his vision.
In 1969 Dimitrije Milovich started making snowboards, he was the first to actually create a snowboard. In 1972 Milovach started his new company called Winterstick, he produced many snowboards and got articles in Newsweek, playboy, and powder which gave him a name for his new gear. This got Milovach’s name out there from being in the press and TV. He only stayed in business until 1980, but is still recognized till today for what he’s done for snowboarding today. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, Vermont was home to the first established snowboard competition in the world the National Races at Suicide Six in Pomfrey, VT. A concentrated interest in this sport eventually spawned the US Open, the world's first renowned snowboard competition.
Blackpool Case Study Blackpool is a seaside borough in Lancashire on the North West coast of England which faces the Irish Sea. Its estimated population is 142,000 which makes it the 4th most densely populated borough outside greater London in England and wales. During the middle ages it was only a small costal hamlet. However, when it became popular to travel to the coast for holidays (in the 18th century), Blackpool started to become popular, especially when roads were built leading to it and stagecoaches ran for major cities such as Halifax and Manchester during the late 1700’s. Then, people such as Henry Banks built new buildings including a church there throughout the early 19th Century, causing a population boom from a mere 500 inhabitants to approximately 2500.