September 30, 2019October 14, 2019Viking Era Coining money in Viking Age and more details on found hoards Consider there was no secure way to store wealth in the time of the Vikings. There were no banks, no marketable securities, […]
September 26, 2019September 15, 2019Viking Era Ship construction, living conditions, and winding down of the Viking Age A few short tidbits from the two previous books discussed in this series. Ships Anders Winroth, writing in The Age of the […]
September 23, 2019January 31, 2020Roman Empire Weaponry and armament of a Roman Legionnaire In case you are browsing through posts here instead of landing by internet search, here’s a recap of the posts on this […]
September 23, 2019September 15, 2019Viking Era What was learned by studying Vorbasse Village? Extensive digging has been done at a small village of Vorbasse in central Jutland in Denmark. Else Roesdahl describes what was learned […]
September 21, 2019January 31, 2020Roman Empire Galea – helmet worn by Roman Legionnaires. With a shield held in front of you, the most valuable and most exposed area to be protected is your head. Helmets […]
September 20, 2019September 15, 2019Viking Era Economic and political development in the Viking Era In The Vikings, Else Roesdahl provides a great description of how economic growth took place during the Viking era and how political […]
September 17, 2019September 15, 2019Viking Era Researchers don’t really know much about the Viking Era but have increased knowledge with new techniques. The opening comments in all the books I read on the Viking Age explore the limits on our knowledge of the Viking […]
September 14, 2019September 14, 2019Viking Era More ideas on how to interpret those horrible, brutal, vicious Vikings who were worse than those other horrible, brutal, and vicious people. The Age of the Vikings by Anders Winroth provides lots of enjoyable information on the Viking Age. The author suggests that much […]
August 24, 2019October 14, 2019Roman Empire Attrition rate in Roman Legions. No, I’m not talking about losses in battle. Disease all the time, famine in bad times, and not quite enough food in […]
August 5, 2019August 5, 2019Middle Ages Life in Europe before the Industrial Revolution was dirty and disease-ridden. There is a myth that rural life in the medieval ages before the industrial revolution was, if not good, then at least […]