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 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 […]
October 26, 2017comparison data, Other eras What was the price of gold in 1522 in relation to today’s dollar? Previous post explored a comment by Eric Metaxas in his book, Martin Luther, The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World, […]
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 […]