Reference/Glossary
Glossary
Things: A local meeting.
Norse: Relating to medieval Norway or their inhabitants or language.
Chariot: A two-wheeled horse-dawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing.
Saga: A long story, involving a series of incidents.
Anglo Saxons: An ancient British army which is now England.
Thingvellir: A place in southwestern Iceland.
Valkyrie: Odin's twelve female servants who conducted the slain warriors of their choice from the battlefield to Valhalla.
Scandinaiva: A peninsula in northwestern Europe, occupied by Norway and Sweden.
References
Books
Vikings by Gary Nicholls
The Viking World by Christine Hatt
Viking Life by John Guy
The Vikings by Robert Nicholson and Claire Watts
Websites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/beliefs_and_stories/
Things: A local meeting.
Norse: Relating to medieval Norway or their inhabitants or language.
Chariot: A two-wheeled horse-dawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing.
Saga: A long story, involving a series of incidents.
Anglo Saxons: An ancient British army which is now England.
Thingvellir: A place in southwestern Iceland.
Valkyrie: Odin's twelve female servants who conducted the slain warriors of their choice from the battlefield to Valhalla.
Scandinaiva: A peninsula in northwestern Europe, occupied by Norway and Sweden.
References
Books
Vikings by Gary Nicholls
The Viking World by Christine Hatt
Viking Life by John Guy
The Vikings by Robert Nicholson and Claire Watts
Websites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/beliefs_and_stories/