April 3, 2020Viking Era Food preservation in Viking Era Ever wondered how Vikings preserved food? Jesse Byock, in his book Viking Age Iceland, gives us insight. Lots of great stuff in […]
April 1, 2020April 3, 2020Viking Era Homespun cloth used for money in Viking Age Iceland. Money is usually defined as something that is a medium of exchange, a measure of value, and a store of value. For […]
March 30, 2020April 3, 2020Viking Era Background on Viking Age Iceland Detailed description of settlement of Iceland can be found in Viking Age Iceland by Jesse Byock. Lots of great stuff in the […]
January 13, 2020January 13, 2020Viking Era Tidbits on money and fighting in the Viking Age Fun article on Viking coinage and more tidbits on fighting techniques. Coins in the Viking Era Some background on striking coins during […]
January 9, 2020December 31, 2019Middle Ages, Viking Era Norwegian Forest Cat – cute, handy pet of the Vikings Yes, there is such a breed. The Norwegian Forest Cat runs on the large size, with males ranging from 13 to […]
December 12, 2019December 2, 2019Viking Era Another guess on amount of silver looted from France and England by the Vikings Been listening again to The Vikings by Professor Kenneth Harl. Audio lectures are from The Great Courses, The author makes a wild […]
October 9, 2019October 9, 2019Viking Era One usuable indicator of the value of a Viking sword. How many weapons you could buy today for that price? What was the price of a Viking sword at the time? How about expressing a price then in some unit of measure […]
October 7, 2019February 8, 2021Viking Era Can’t make sense of one indicator of price of sword during Viking Age I’ve been wondering about the price of a sword during the Viking Era. Tripped across two indicators on the same day. One […]
October 5, 2019Viking Era Overview of silver and coin usage in Viking Era Short overview of the evolution of the means of exchange during Viking Era can be found in Viking Currency, an article by […]
October 3, 2019October 3, 2019Viking Era Recap of payments made to Viking raiders, called Danegeld. Some day I plan to collate all the comments I’ve read on the amount of Danegeld and other money accumulated by various […]