Previous post accumulated many detail data points of what time would be involved in constructing a medium-size Viking longship. This post continues the discussion and accumulates the time estimates. Wild guesses to fill in the blanks The Price text does not make any guesses on the time to cook the tar to seal the ship, […]
For a summary of the damage the Viking raids inflicted in Frankia (roughly consider that as France or western Europe) from around 830 A.D. through around 890 A.D., consider the analysis by Neil Price in Children of Ash and Elm / A history of the Vikings. He points out in about a century the Vikings […]
Sometimes you just gotta’ laugh at news reports… With surprise that is not news to anyone who’s ever read more than one actual book on the Vikings, news reports from most media outlets are breathlessly reporting somewhere around 90 researchers in evolutionary genetics announced their research showing that there’s a lot of Western European, English, […]
Ever wondered how Vikings preserved food? Jesse Byock, in his book Viking Age Iceland, gives us insight. Lots of great stuff in the book, of which I’ll highlight a few items that caught my eye. Posts in this series: Self governance and estimates of population Homespun cloth as medium of exchange, or money Food preservation […]
Detailed description of settlement of Iceland can be found in Viking Age Iceland by Jesse Byock. Lots of great stuff in the book, of which I’ll highlight a few items that caught my eye. Posts in this series: Self governance and estimates of population Homespun cloth as medium of exchange, or money Food preservation Self […]
Fun article on Viking coinage and more tidbits on fighting techniques. Coins in the Viking Era Some background on striking coins during the Viking era can be found at The Viking Network. Article dated 6/21/15 explained Vikings in Norway make their own Coins. First silver coins flowing into Scandinavia were Arabic dirhems. Later pennies from […]
Been listening again to The Vikings by Professor Kenneth Harl. Audio lectures are from The Great Courses, The author makes a wild guess on the amount of silver carried out of the Carolingian Empire and away from England. Based upon written accounts in the 9th century he estimates between 40,000 and 45,000 pounds of silver […]