TRADE

VIKINGS WERE NOT POWERED BY BRUTALITY, BUT INSTEAD A COMPLEX AND PROSPEROUS TRADE NETWORK

What were the goods worth? 1 FEMALE SLAVE = 1 COW AND 1 OX 1 SUIT OF CHAIN MAIL = 2 HORSES OR 4 MALE SLAVES 1 HORSE = 3 COWS 1 STIRRUP = 1 SWORD OR 125G OF SILVER Raiders or traders? Stuart Perry, or Fastulf Geraltsson as he is known to the public, is the Jorvik Group’s Interactive Team Leader. He manages a team of Viking interactives at Jorvik Viking Centre and archaeology and history interpreters across the group’s five attractions What was the motivation behind the Viking invasions? Were they simply bloodthirsty raiders, or did they have more civilised aims? The motivation behind the Viking invasions was simple; farmland. The Vikings, or Norsemen – which is a more accurate name since a ‘Viking’ was a sea-borne raider…

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