June 7, 2021June 16, 2021Viking Era More discussion of Viking era weapons, ships, money, and warfare: converting silver value point estimates to per ounce. Previous post listed estimates of the value of silver during the Viking Age mentioned by John Kim Siddorn in his delightful book […]
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 […]
January 11, 2021January 11, 2021Viking Era Viking warfare – downside risks and upside rewards from pillaging – 3/ For description of the dangers of raiding and looting along with the upside rewards, we can look at comments in Norse Warfare: […]
October 12, 2020October 19, 2020Viking Era Overall indication of damage Viking raids caused to Frankish kingdom. For a summary of the damage the Viking raids inflicted in Frankia (roughly consider that as France or western Europe) from around […]
August 13, 2020July 24, 2020Pirates Specific data points of pirate loot and wages during the Pirate Age. Since this website focuses on ancient finances, I am going to dive deeper into the financial amounts I can find from the […]
August 6, 2020August 27, 2020Pirates Value of Spanish silver dollar and British pound during the Pirate Age? Part 1 of 2 The Spanish silver dollar is referred to as the first global currency. There were so many produced and they spread so far […]
July 16, 2020July 16, 2020Pirates Volume of silver flowing out of the conquered territories. In Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates author Eric Jay Dolin provides background on one reason […]
April 1, 2020April 3, 2020Viking Era Homespun cloth used for money in Viking Age Iceland. Money is usually defined as something that is a medium of exchange, a measure of value, and a store of value. For […]
January 13, 2020January 13, 2020Viking Era Tidbits on money and fighting in the Viking Age Fun article on Viking coinage and more tidbits on fighting techniques. Coins in the Viking Era Some background on striking coins during […]
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 […]