The Year 1000In the year 1000, the world was one of mystery and magicians, monks, warriors, and wandering merchantspeople who feared an apocalypse and had no idea what year it was or what lay beyond the nearest valley. It was a world of dark forests and Viking adventures, in which fear was real and death a constant companion. People felt they walked hand in hand with God, and envisaged Him so literally that even Christians were sometimes buried with supplies for