Personal Time Traveler’s Journal

By Jesse Hall

Entry # 1

c. C.E. 787: Somewhere in Northumbria (England)

Today on my journey through time I got into a raid on

England. I looked in my Viking Time Line Reference Book

to find around the time I’m in. I found out that I am in

England. Taking place in what may be the first Viking

raids in England.

It is a rainy day. Land is mostly flat and in a coastal

region, but not able to find exact location. The Vikings

that I’m with are dressed in baggy clothing, consisting of

what looks like an overtunic. The Vikings are using

weapons, manly in the shapes of swords and axes. The

Vikings must have knowledge of metal working. The

warfare is very brutal. It looks as though the raid has

been a success.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 2

c. C.E. 793; Lindisfarne, Northumbria

I travelled through time six years later using top

secret government invention. The Lindisfarne monastery

raid took place today. The monasteries in Northumbria

are very easy to raid since the monks have no weapons

to defend themselves. This monastery had lots of

treasures and valuables taken.

I attacked with my Viking counterparts using a battle

axe from that time, while just a shield was my protection.

When we arrived at Lindisfarne, it was a partly cloudy

day. There was a slight breeze and the air was a little bit

chilly. I gathered two snapshots at the time of the attack.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 3

c. C.E. 866; York, East Anglia

Today, I witnessed the capture and execution of King

Edmund of East Anglia. I can confirm that King Edmund

did in fact die of being shot to death by arrows. It was a

very gruesome sight. After the execution, I joined my

Viking counterparts to celebrate our victory and talk

about where we will go to tomorrow.

The weather today was cloudy with on and off rain

showers throughout the day. There were high winds, I

estimated to be between twenty-five to thirty-five miles

per hour. The air temperature was definitely very cold

today. The Vikings have full blazing fires all around the

camp. Everything got soaked after the fifth rain shower

of the day.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 4

c. C.E. 900; Shetland Islands, Scotland

Today I witness the taking over of the last ground on

the Shetland Island by the Vikings. The last gruesome

raid on a Scottish military camp took place today. The

name of the camp isn’t known, and the Vikings were very

surprised to find such a camp. The camp was surrounded

by water, so when the Viking fleet got word of the camp

they raced over to it to stat the attack. The battle was

over within minutes and many Scottish warriors died.

The Weather of this day was relatively moderate. I

was able to get one snap shot of the scene. I was nearly

killed when I was getting the shot, too.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 5

c. C.E. 900; Founding of Dublin, Ireland

Dublin is a very big trading port at his time. The

founding of Dublin, Ireland was very small and took place

on a rainy day. Dublin is just a trophy to the

achievements of the Viking conquest of England,

Scotland, and parts of Ireland. Dublin is full of trade and

goods though from the raid throughout England. The

streets are full of filth, and nobody cares about the

environment of the town. Dublin Tower is built though

and is a defensive position. Not many facts about the

town at this time are good though.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 6

c. C.E. 1000; North America

Today I helped establish a settlement in North

America. There are sixty-eight Vikings living with me in

the settlement. All males living in this settlement are

warriors. Settlement is called New Iceland. We settlers

have found many remnants of people that used to live

here. Found a make-shift graveyard half a mile in land.

The grave yard is made up of mostly kids, which are

buried there. One of the women from the voyage got ill

over the last few days.

The Climate of this region is very much like the

climate of Norway. The winds that carried us here though

were against us all the time. I managed a few snapshots

of the voyage to New Iceland, and the town.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 7

c. C.E. 1001; Greenland

Leif Ericsson established a colony on Greenland

today. I got out of New Iceland about three months ago

to go to Greenland, since Greenland was my next stop.

Ever since then I’ve been working on the settlement in

Greenland alongside Leif Ericsson, whom has become my

best friend over here in the settlement. He asked where I

came from and I told him I came from New Iceland. He

asked how the people were doing when I last left them. I

told him all was well. The weather today was very cold

and very windy. I got a few snapshots of the Greenland

settlement and my souvenirs. I get to voyage back to

America, with Leif Ericsson, to look at what has become

of the settlement.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 8

c. C.E. 1001; New Iceland

There were the remains of children, women, and men

scattered everywhere. The village had very few houses

still standing as most of them were burned to the ground.

Leif Ericsson commanded the crew to pick up the bodies

and to bury them at the graveyard I found when I got to

the place many months before. While burying the bodies,

we were attacked by a people not know to live in this

area. We killed them all in the anger of the lives lost and

the destruction of New Iceland. We decided to head back

to Greenland since this place was home to a savage

people. We set sail on high seas, but couldn’t move

anywhere so we are stuck here for the night.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry #9

c. C.E. 1002; England

King Sweyn of Denmark has started the invasion of

England today. The Vikings took the English by surprise

and we made some good ground on them. The English

king, King Ethelred fled from his castle into the woods

today as we entered his gates, the coward. The king is

nowhere to be found. We have control over his castle

and we found some valuable maps. I learned that the

Vikings don’t take the king of England’s flee very well.

They find it very dishonorable and they definitely won’t

be letting him live when they find him. I captured a few

snapshots of the attack on the castle during my time

here.

Jesse J. Hall

Entry # 10

c. C.E. 1066; England

William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, has

successfully conquered England. It was a very organized

invasion and took many years. The Vikings have become

like many other civilizations and are more formed in

battle. They still have no rules of warfare, though. The

Duke is now the ruler of England. I have been invited to a

banquet in honor of the Dukes achievement and it is said

to be mandatory, that the Duke has all high officials at

the banquet. I’ll go to the banquet tomorrow, and then I

will head back to my own time.

Jesse J. Hall

My Resources in MLA:

Nielson, P. "The Vikings." Long Beach City Col lege . Long Beach City Col lege, 01/04/2004. Web. 23 Feb 2011. <http:// l ib. lbcc.edu/handouts/vikings.html>.

Short, Wil l iam. "Hurstwic: Clothing in the Viking Age." Hurstwic . Hurstwic, 01/01/2011. Web. 23 Feb 2011. <http://www.hurstwic.org/history/art icles/dai ly_l iving/text/clothing.htm>.

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