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 […]
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 […]
January 18, 2021February 16, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – weapons – 5/ Survey of weapons used by Vikings and their opponents is described 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]