Life abord a Viking Ship

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In the last video about viking ships, we discussed the basic construction of the longship, and its different types. In this video we'll be taking a look at how life was like aboard one of these vessels. A good starting point is with the actual start of the journey.

Sources
Ship and Society: Maritime Ideology in Late Iron Age Sweden - Gunilla Larsson
The Vikings - Osprey Publishing
The Viking Longship - Osprey Publishing
Den Långa Medeltiden - Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist
https://www.medieval.eu/viking-bread-...
https://www.historyonthenet.com/vikin...
https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-his...
Image Sources
By Jason Riedy - originally posted to Flickr as Dripping whey from the drying cheese, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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