What is another name for Berserker?

SYNONYMS FOR berserk 1 violent, mad, maniacal, rabid, demented, lunatic.

When was the first Viking?

From around A.D. 800 to the 11th century, a vast number of Scandinavians left their homelands to seek their fortunes elsewhere. These seafaring warriors–known collectively as Vikings or Norsemen (“Northmen”)–began by raiding coastal sites, especially undefended monasteries, in the British Isles.

Who did the Vikings fight against?

Well if you speak of the Vikings as in the Norse. They fought mostly the Anglo-Saxon (todays Britain) and the French,. They also fought alot of the slavic (Russia, Belgium, Poland, etc) they also fought Arround in the Mediterranean.

Did the Saxons ever beat the Vikings?

The Vikings were beaten by combined forces from the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex at the Battle of Tettenhall in present-day Staffordshire. The decisive battle came when the Danes launched a bloody raid into Mercian territory, believing Anglo-Saxon forces were far to the south.

Did the Vikings attack Mercia?

The Mercians again paid them off in return for peace, and at the end of 873 the Vikings took up winter quarters at Repton in Derbyshire. In 874, following their winter stay in Repton, the Great Heathen Army drove the Mercian king into exile and finally conquered Mercia; the exiled Mercian king was replaced by Ceolwulf.

Are Swedish Vikings?

Vikings were the seafaring Norse people from southern Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden) who from the late 8th to late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe. They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, and North America.

Are Swedes descended from Vikings?

Along with the other North Germanic languages, Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era.