December 4, 2017December 3, 2017Viking Era More background on brutality of Viking Era and revised assessment of Viking massacre sites – part 5 Life was violent in the middle ages. The Vikings were not the only vicious and brutal people around. In Vikings: Raiders, Traders, […]
November 13, 2017Viking Era What is the market value of sheep? What is the going price for sheep? We can use that information to develop some very rough approximations of prices during the […]
November 8, 2017January 1, 2018Viking Era Size of Viking raiding parties How many warriors did the Vikings put ashore during raids? The size of the raids grew over time, starting small with fast-strike […]
October 17, 2017December 31, 2017Viking Era Guess on volume of trade in Gotland during Viking Age The Viking, by Tre Tryckare, copyright 1967, has some fun speculation on the volume of annual trade in a major Viking trading […]
October 16, 2017December 31, 2017Viking Era Buried hoards of gold and silver One of the fascinating things to consider about the Viking and Roman ages is what economies looked like without a banking system […]
October 9, 2017April 8, 2019Viking Era Viking sword found in 2017 On 9/5/17, Secrets of the Ice reported Breaking News: A Viking Sword Found at High Altitude. Many other news sites reported this […]
October 6, 2017Viking Era Guesses on how much loot the Vikings hauled out of Europe – #3 Here are a few more guesses on the volume of precious metals flowing into the Viking lands. Overall impact on economy from […]
September 21, 2017December 22, 2017comparison data, Viking Era What is a cow worth today? That provides a framework for valuation in ancient times. Comparing prices and values over a long period of time is tough to do. For example, how can we compare the cost […]
September 20, 2017October 24, 2017Viking Era What was the cost to hire an entire Viking army? A large contingent of trained, well armed warriors could hire themselves out as mercenaries for a nice wage during the Viking age. […]
August 27, 2017Viking Era Distribution of wealth at the end of the Viking Age How concentrated was wealth at the end of the Viking Age? In lecture 34 of his course The Vikings, from The Great […]