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, 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 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 […]
October 19, 2018January 20, 2019Viking Era More background on the Viking Age, part 3 of 3 This series of posts describes fun things I learned while reading A Dark History: Vikings, by Martin Dougherty. You might find it […]
October 18, 2018October 19, 2018Viking Era More background on the Viking Age, part 2 of 3 This series of posts describes fun things I learned while reading A Dark History: Vikings, by Martin Dougherty. You might find it […]
October 17, 2018April 9, 2019Viking Era More background on the Viking Age, part 1 of 3 Another fun read on Viking history is A Dark History: Vikings, by Martin Dougherty. You might find it on the discount shelf […]
June 4, 2018Other eras, Viking Era When pondering the horrible violence of the Vikings, consider the oh so refined civility of the English in the 1700s – part 7 Yes, we all know the Vikings were horrible, terrible brutes. Consider the ‘blood eagle’ form of execution. Quite an astounding way to […]