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The importance of Viking trading towns: What we know
Although they have a somewhat unfair reputation as marauding barbarians, the Vikings were also responsible for reestablishing pan-European trade networks and routes that had not been used for centuries.5 years ago — Viking trade -
An otter skin for a sword? Here's how exchange worked in the Viking Age
Straight exchanges were widespread in the Viking Age, especially as many such instances occurred in the form of people trading surplus farm goods and products.5 years ago — Viking trade -
Free trade in the Viking Age: Diplomacy and trade agreements
Trade was a very risky activity in the Viking Age.5 years ago — Viking trade -
The Viking economy: Farming, raiding, and trading in Viking society
"'How should a man be referred to?' 'He should be referred to in terms of his work, what he supplies or receives or does.'" — From "The Prose Edda" ("Skaldskaparmal") by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Jesse Byock (Penguin Classics, 2005)5 years ago — Viking trade -
Viking money and economy: How did they work?
In the beginning, Vikings were mostly farmers who lived off the crops and other fruits of their labor.4 years ago — Viking trade -
"Nordic gold": The role of amber in Viking trade
Prized for its beauty and symbolizing wealth and power, amber was a valuable commodity that helped fuel the Viking economy throughout the early medieval period.2 years ago — Viking trade -
Kaupang: Norway's first Viking marketplace
Believed to be Norway's first market town, Kaupang served as a hub for trade, commerce, and cultural exchange throughout the Viking Age (c. 750 – 1100), making it one of the most important urban settlements in the Viking homelands of Scandinavia.2 years ago — Viking trade -
Vikings and the Silk Roads: Eastern adventures
We know that people from Viking societies were the early medieval period's great entrepreneurs conducting trade, plunder, and pillage across vast swathes of Europe and its surrounds. However, did they trade along the famous Silk Roads that connected East to West, linking Europe and Asia?2 years ago — Viking trade -
Danegeld: The Vikings' sword-powered tax system
Long before Don Corleone made people an offer they couldn't refuse, the Vikings were in the extortion racket. The Danegeld – a form of tax or protection money – was extracted, by the point of a sword – by Vikings from the Baltic to the Black Sea, from the British Isles to Baghdad.2 years ago — Viking trade
