January 18, 2021February 16, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – weapons – 5/ Survey of weapons used by Vikings and their opponents is described in Norse Warfare: A Portrayal of Combat, Raids, and Plunder in […]
January 14, 2021January 3, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – sails and ship construction– 4/ For some background on sailing ships, particularly the effort it would take to weave the sail we can look to Norse Warfare: […]
January 11, 2021January 11, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – downside risks and upside rewards from pillaging – 3/ For description of the dangers of raiding and looting along with the upside rewards, we can look at comments in Norse Warfare: […]
January 7, 2021March 18, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – why were they so successful? – 2/ Vikings did not have superior weapons, battle techniques, or leadership when compared to those they fought. Norse Warfare: A Portrayal of Combat, […]
January 4, 2021March 18, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – overview of raids – 1/ Great discussion of the Viking way of war can be found in Norse Warfare: A Portrayal of Combat, Raids, and Plunder in […]
December 22, 2020January 7, 2021Other eras Was living on a South Dakota farm in the 1930s closer to life in the Viking Age than what life is like today? In recent years I have been exploring the Viking Era. You can see lots of posts on my blog about finances and […]
December 7, 2020December 7, 2020Other eras “An Ulvog Journey” – Tales of growing up on a South Dakota farm in the 1930s and 1940s. Casting my CPA eye on the 1946 probate document for my grandfather’s estate led to a series of previous posts describing what […]
November 3, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – final part of 5 This series of posts has provided one method of estimating the time needed to construct a medium-sized Viking longship and outfit it […]
October 30, 2020November 3, 2020Pirates Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – 4 of 5 Previous posts here, here, and here have quantified it might have taken somewhere between 44 and 47 people-years to construct and outfit […]
October 27, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – part 3 of 5 Previous posts here and here accumulated time estimates involved to construct and outfit a medium-sized Viking longship. The starting point for this […]