They still do you are right though some people lost their balls to it but there are still a lot of us who admire those people and wont put up with that shiz.
Yes, wthey were. Come in, pillage, and leave as quickly as they came. attacked churches because they were unguarded and filled with treasure. In some places, they traded peacefully.
Vikings were more interested in Trade and Commerce than Killing and Pillaging. Theres a crash course history episode I believe where they expand on who the vikings really were
No. They did not want any land. They only wanted goods. Which is why they traded peacefully in many places. In the British Isles they took from unguarded churches. They pillaged plenty if places, but in some places they bulit camps which became towns.
actually that is false they did mostly want land. You see Scandinavia is a frozen land with bad farming lands. You were right most of them were farmers when they went to england they saw all this excellent land and great weather for farming. So when they discovered this interest many rulers and land owners were willing to extend their lands to them in favor for protection vikings were big people who were intimidating and very good fighters. Later though you would see the great heathen army who would invade England and would take over many kingdoms and after being stopped they would make peace and take over the lands that they owned settling them and immersing in them.
Yeah, man, ISIS and all their guns, bombs, and miscellaneous modern weaponry would have no chance. Not against a bunch of angry white dudes rattling swords. And I'd like to see those terrorists try to knock down largely wooden houses with those ridiculous rockets of theirs. [sarcasm]
I need to stop