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June 3, 2021May 23, 2021Viking Era

More discussion of Viking era weapons, ships, money, and warfare: money

Some fun comments on money in the Viking era were covered in the delightful book Viking Weapons & Warfare by John Kim […]

June 1, 2021May 30, 2021Pondering

More discussion of Viking era weapons, ships, money, and warfare: helmets and ships

In his book Viking Weapons & Warfare, author John Kim Siddorn looks at Viking weapons from the perspective of a long time […]

January 18, 2021February 16, 2021Viking Era

Viking warfare – weapons – 5/

Survey of weapons used by Vikings and their opponents is described in Norse Warfare: A Portrayal of Combat, Raids, and Plunder in […]

January 14, 2021January 3, 2021Viking Era

Viking warfare – sails and ship construction– 4/

For some background on sailing ships, particularly the effort it would take to weave the sail we can look to Norse Warfare: […]

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – final part of 5

This series of posts has provided one method of estimating the time needed to construct a medium-sized Viking longship and outfit it […]

October 30, 2020November 3, 2020Pirates

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – 4 of 5

Previous posts here, here, and here have quantified it might have taken somewhere between 44 and 47 people-years to construct and outfit […]

October 27, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – part 3 of 5

Previous posts here and here accumulated time estimates involved to construct and outfit a medium-sized Viking longship. The starting point for this […]

October 22, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – 2 of 5

Previous post accumulated many detail data points of what time would be involved in constructing a medium-size Viking longship. This post continues […]

October 19, 2020October 22, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – part 1 of 5

For a dive into how much time it would take to construct a Viking ship, weave the mainsail along with a spare, […]

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 […]

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