December 12, 2019December 2, 2019Viking Era Another guess on amount of silver looted from France and England by the Vikings Been listening again to The Vikings by Professor Kenneth Harl. Audio lectures are from The Great Courses, The author makes a wild […]
October 5, 2019Viking Era Overview of silver and coin usage in Viking Era Short overview of the evolution of the means of exchange during Viking Era can be found in Viking Currency, an article by […]
October 3, 2019October 3, 2019Viking Era Recap of payments made to Viking raiders, called Danegeld. Some day I plan to collate all the comments I’ve read on the amount of Danegeld and other money accumulated by various […]
September 30, 2019October 14, 2019Viking Era Coining money in Viking Age and more details on found hoards Consider there was no secure way to store wealth in the time of the Vikings. There were no banks, no marketable securities, […]
January 26, 2018January 30, 2018Viking Era Thoughts on the legacy of the Vikings and economic development This blog focuses on the finances of ancient times, with minimal focus on the overall society and culture. Perspectives of the Vikings […]
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 […]
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 […]