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December 29, 2017January 2, 2018Viking Era

Background on Viking Age – life expectancy, family structure, and stray tidbits – 1 of 5

Viking Age: Everyday life during the extraordinary era of the Norsemen, by Kirsten Wolf, provides a good overview of the Viking Age. […]

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 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 […]

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