January 12, 2018January 1, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – raising the warriors for battles – 5 of 5 Raising warriors for a battle was based on a levy system, called the leidang. Viking Age: Everyday life during the extraordinary era […]
January 10, 2018January 10, 2018Viking Era More background on ships Comments from a few other books fit well with the previous post Background on Viking Age – ships for warfare, travel, and […]
January 8, 2018January 25, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – ships for warfare, travel, and cargo – 4 of 5 A number of Viking ships, or parts thereof, have been recovered by archaeologists. Those few ships reveal much of ship construction. Viking […]
January 4, 2018January 10, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – Limits of our knowledge – 3 of 5 Viking Age: Everyday life during the extraordinary era of the Norsemen, by Kirsten Wolf, does a good job of explaining the limits […]
January 2, 2018January 1, 2018Viking Era More background on coins and storing wealth in hoards during Viking Age Comments I’ve accumulated from a few other books fit well with the previous post Background on Viking Age – money, trading centers […]
December 30, 2017January 10, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – money, trading centers – 2 of 5 In terms of economic life, Viking Age: Everyday life during the extraordinary era of the Norsemen, by Kirsten Wolf, points out geography […]
December 29, 2017January 2, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – life expectancy, family structure, and stray tidbits – 1 of 5 Viking Age: Everyday life during the extraordinary era of the Norsemen, by Kirsten Wolf, provides a good overview of the Viking Age. […]
December 26, 2017December 31, 2017Viking Era Gokstad and Oseberg ship models The Gokstad and Oseberg ships were found in burial mounds. They were well-preserved, providing rich information about Viking ship technology.
December 22, 2017December 22, 2017Viking Era Estimate of price of silver and gold in Viking Age To give you a rough picture of relative values during the Viking Age, the items in each of the above photos would […]
December 4, 2017Viking Era Units of measure and relative value in the Viking Age Before trying to quantify some sort of dollar value for items during the Viking era, let’s look at some relative values. My […]