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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
January 4, 2021March 18, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – overview of raids – 1/ Great discussion of the Viking way of war can be found 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]