The Vikings Are Generally Regarded as Being a Destructive Force

question 39

Multiple Choice

The Vikings are generally regarded as being a destructive force in European history:

• A)but such a view may not be correct in light of the principalities they established across northern Europe.
• B)as evidenced by the raids they staged on virtually every population center in Europe from London to Paris to Rome itself.
• C)because of the destruction caused to many great monasteries throughout Europe and the accompanying loss of the libraries in those monasteries.
• D)but this has been exaggerated since they stayed mostly in Scandinavia with only a few raids into England and northern France,destructive though those were.
• E)which is true,but they have an undeservedly bad reputation when compared with the Magyars who conducted raids into western and southern Europe.

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