December 30, 2017January 10, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – money, trading centers – 2 of 5 In terms of economic life, Viking Age: Everyday life during the extraordinary era of the Norsemen, by Kirsten Wolf, points out geography […]
December 29, 2017January 2, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – life expectancy, family structure, and stray tidbits – 1 of 5 Viking Age: Everyday life during the extraordinary era of the Norsemen, by Kirsten Wolf, provides a good overview of the Viking Age. […]
December 26, 2017December 31, 2017Viking Era Gokstad and Oseberg ship models The Gokstad and Oseberg ships were found in burial mounds. They were well-preserved, providing rich information about Viking ship technology.
December 22, 2017December 22, 2017Viking Era Estimate of price of silver and gold in Viking Age To give you a rough picture of relative values during the Viking Age, the items in each of the above photos would […]
December 8, 2017comparison of living standards Increase of income per person over last 200 years (Article cross-posted from Outrun Change because it shows the radical change in per capita income over the last 200 years, which in […]
December 7, 2017December 7, 2017Middle Ages Prices in late Middle Ages While browsing the ‘net looking for indicators of prices in the Viking Age, I came across a treasure trove of prices for […]
December 4, 2017Viking Era Units of measure and relative value in the Viking Age Before trying to quantify some sort of dollar value for items during the Viking era, let’s look at some relative values. My […]
December 4, 2017December 3, 2017Viking Era More background on brutality of Viking Era and revised assessment of Viking massacre sites – part 5 Life was violent in the middle ages. The Vikings were not the only vicious and brutal people around. In Vikings: Raiders, Traders, […]