Why Did the Vikings Often Single Out Monasteries and Churches

question 25

Multiple Choice

Why did the Vikings often single out monasteries and churches for destruction?

• A) The Vikings were proud pagans and had bitter memories of Carolingian attempts to convert them to Christianity.
• B) The Vikings had entered into an alliance with the Byzantine Empire, which was embroiled in a period of struggle with western Christianity.
• C) Churches and monasteries offered a lucrative supply of plunder.
• D) The Vikings' leader in Denmark ordered them to target churches for destruction.

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