Did Vikings Really Prefer Axes to Swords? A Brief Look at Some Blades

Well? Did they? Do we really know? Can we really know? Probs not, but let's have a look at some lovely archaeology, discuss some history, rant about a couple of reenactorism type things, see if we can bury the hatchet, and figure out what sort of conclusions we can draw about Viking age weapons, how people felt about them, and what the reality of the situation a thousand years ago might have been. Join me for some axe talk! There might even be a kitty cat friend! https://www.khm.uio.no/english/collections/objects/the-langeid-broadaxe.html Pedersen, Anne (2014) Dead Warriors in Living Memory. A study of weapon and equestrian burials in Viking-age Denmark, AD 800-1000. Publications from the National Museum. Studies in Archaeology & History Vol. 20:1 1 https://www.khm.uio.no/english/research/previous-projects/langeid/project/haft/#haft-length https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/weapons/axes/#:~:text=Whilst%20the%20swords%20of%20the,them%20on%20their%20last%20journey. Credits by @Anttimation Find me elsewhere: Business email: [email protected] Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jimmyjohnson Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thewelshviking My actual website: www.welshviking.com Insta: @littlewelshviking Twitter: @realwelshviking Letters, parcels, packages? The Welsh Viking, PO Box 821, YORK, YO1 0PY