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HOMES

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Viking houses had timber walls and thatched roofs. The roofs were made out of woven straw, the big hall is where the fearsome leader lived with his warriors. They also had big stone churches where they could perform their religion.

WHO THEY WERE

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Most people think that the Vikings had horns on their helmets but they didn’t. They wore helmets and felt or cotton clothes with armour. They were tall hairy savages. They were Pagan not Christian and attacked monasteries because they couldn’t defend themselves as the monks were peaceful.

VIKING FOOD Onions Barley Beans Cabbages Wheat Meat Fish

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WHO DID THEY INVADED The Vikings came from Scandinavia

(Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.) They invaded Greenland, Iceland,

Germany, France, America, Nederland’s and Great Britain.

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