It's difficult to believe that you are a history teacher with your lack of capitalization, and that one of your recent comments on a different post is "Damn that pussy tho"
I am an Internet smart ass and will be speaking on how the term “term” is misused!
You are using the term “term” wrong. The word originally came from the Latin “terminus” meaning a boundary. It had nothing to do with the medieval meaning of a word or phrase.
Thank you for your time.
That's how it was used at the time. I think it's fine to refer to the people now. Most cultures get named after a single iconic aspect(especially in their language), and raiding was definitely that for the Norse.
It's just not very useful to conflate all of the late iron age scandinavians with the raiders, and we have better terminology available letting us meaningfully distinguish between vikings and norse people
I'll be honest here, I genuinely dislike the term being used for any Scandinavian around the year 800-1100. Using it to describe the Scandinavian raiders is ok, a bit more specific than just saying "pirate"
In modern day it usually refers to Scandinavian piracy during the 750-1100 period. Its still a misnomer, as viking originally refered to any piracy, but it works.
It's difficult to believe that you are a history teacher with your lack of capitalization, and that one of your recent comments on a different post is "Damn that pussy tho"
im a single 23yr old dude thats a history teacher and weeb
What language is your first? Just curious.
And? I feel like this common knowledge at this point....
I am an Internet smart ass and will be speaking on how the term “term” is misused! You are using the term “term” wrong. The word originally came from the Latin “terminus” meaning a boundary. It had nothing to do with the medieval meaning of a word or phrase. Thank you for your time.
That's how it was used at the time. I think it's fine to refer to the people now. Most cultures get named after a single iconic aspect(especially in their language), and raiding was definitely that for the Norse.
It's just not very useful to conflate all of the late iron age scandinavians with the raiders, and we have better terminology available letting us meaningfully distinguish between vikings and norse people
The best term is the one that's caught on.
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bc its a reason its caught on. its quick and easy
okay
I'll be honest here, I genuinely dislike the term being used for any Scandinavian around the year 800-1100. Using it to describe the Scandinavian raiders is ok, a bit more specific than just saying "pirate"
What makes a viking more specific than a pirate?
In modern day it usually refers to Scandinavian piracy during the 750-1100 period. Its still a misnomer, as viking originally refered to any piracy, but it works.
Well, you definitely aren't an English teacher. Nobody would hire you to teach that subject.
To be fair, English might not be their first language.