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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 […]

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 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 […]

October 22, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – 2 of 5

Previous post accumulated many detail data points of what time would be involved in constructing a medium-size Viking longship. This post continues […]

October 19, 2020October 22, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – part 1 of 5

For a dive into how much time it would take to construct a Viking ship, weave the mainsail along with a spare, […]

October 12, 2020October 19, 2020Viking Era

Overall indication of damage Viking raids caused to Frankish kingdom.

For a summary of the damage the Viking raids inflicted in Frankia (roughly consider that as France or western Europe) from around […]

September 19, 2020Viking Era

Not-so-breaking news flash – – Did you know some Vikings had non-Scandinavian ancestors?

Sometimes you just gotta’ laugh at news reports… With surprise that is not news to anyone who’s ever read more than one […]

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