The raids led to the killing of so many people and even captured some youth and maidens who were forced to pack for them all that they had looted which included food stuffs and merchandize in their ships.

Vikings were inhuman in that they went ahead to attack the Christian churches and monasteries where they robbed them and even set the buildings on fire burning the innocent and peaceful villagers who didn't know what was happening. They would rape women at will and take their children as slaves.

At times they could pretend to be normal traders where they stopped to do trading but unfortunately they turned to be pirates without the other traders knowing because they could attend to their traders without discriminating but at the end they suffered hence fearing the Vikings. One notable Viking was the fierce 10th century warrior Eric the Red. He led many raids...
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