SKANDYNAWSKIE MIGRACJE W EPOCE WIKINGÓW
SCANDINAVIAN MIGRATION IN THE VIKING AGE
Author(s): Władysław DuczkoSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: Scandinavia; Vikings; West and East Europe; migrations; piracy; colonization
Summary/Abstract: Movements of Scandinavians in period between late 8th AD to middle of 11th AD, called Viking Age, were combined military actions-piracy – and migrations with goal to colonize territories in the West Europe – mainly Insular world of Atlantic and British isles, but also in East Europe, among Finno-Ugrians and Slavs. This activity is seen as the recent, and last, of the Migration Period, the time of great movements of Germanic people in the 4th century AD.
Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
- Issue Year: 10/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 35-42
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Polish