Arming a Viking Warrior From the 10th Century
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- Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2022
- This video summarizes the gear and equipment a Viking warrior from the 10th century would have.
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Less Talking More Raiding
Indeed brother. Now, let's assault that monastery, shall we?
I will drink from your skull!
Today the god will decide your fate
"I'll drink by your skull"
Everything has a price, even your life
Beaded ax on belt, a daneaxe strapped to back and spear in hand, as well as a knife on the belt as well and you're as armed to the teeth as anyone ever could have been in early middle ages
Nope, most iconography shows warriors with few things. Mostly a primary and a secondary, check the Bayeux Tapestry
@@viktorsilva4017 awe it thinks a tapestry is the only definitive source of information
@@johnevergreen8019 please educate me. Where does it suggest vikings were as equipped as a navy seal ?
Why just stop there? Ensure that your warrior also has hardened leather braces on, splint armor, hell, give them a bow and a butt load of arrows! Give them a bearded axe aswell to go with that dane axe. Also two shields for full defensive capabilities!
It's most likely whatever a person could afford and it definitely varies as Vikings were ad hoc raiders at least. So you could have a chieftain or lord that has the best armor (what's shown here) chain mail is very expensive. Or just a guy with regular clothes and an axe or farming equipment.
Man, I really would love to see a show display how Vikings actually looked.
It’s never really been done 😂
No horns on the helmet? Jokes aside, this was amazing. Nice work!
Thanka so much!
viking helmet has no horns. it's just a hollywood fantasy. that's not historically accurate
Trumpets mounted to a helmet? Giant french horns? What are you talking about?
Anyone know what game this is? The character creation looks awesome
Lol
Looks like bannerlord if you ask me
Earth 1, a game with gorgeous graphics and incredibly deep lore. The limited gameplay and permanent features may throw you off at first, but it's pretty good.
Some NFT bros tried to make a sequel... It wasn't as good.
Mountain Blade
Bad north
Robert eggers the northman did such an amazing job bringing historically accurate viking world
Nice kit, i'll only suggest some fastening system on the scabbard if you plan on using it when walking around or fighting with it. Be careful in the fights 👍
Will definitely need you at home defence
The spear was the most important weapon on the battlefield
How? The spear literally dominated the battlefield for millions of years from the Ice Age to the Battle of Vienna.
@@BaronessAishi055 Exactly. They show a "Viking Warrior From the 10th Century" without the most important, and perhaps most common, weapon for Vikings on the battlefield. That's what I was trying to point out.
@@lelleeriks8241 you said "impotent" which means weak and inefficient.
I love the mail armour and mail-veiled helmet. I'm probably familiar to it as I have seen so many similar Sturgian armour sets from Bannerlord lol.
it's almost harvesting season
Wore silk on their upper body too (if they could afford it. That was so when barbed arrow heads went in them, they would twist the arrow so it would corkscrew with the silk, and could be pulled out with less damage
Interesting! Thanks
Where'd you get that ? I only heard of it used by Mongols onward. Source pls
@Viktor Silva viking historian, viking festival, largs, Scotland. Didn't catch his name.
@@eddiebear34 any books ? Articles ? Once i heard a guy from Wolin saying norwegian vikings wore sleeveless tunics right before he pulled out a glass bottle of water. He was just some guy, in a festival, who was interested in history, and could've called himself "historian"
@Viktor Silva I already told you who told me. I didn't ask these people if they wrote books or articles. If you want to question him, I've told you where to find him. Heres when... every September, in the town I said and in the makeshift village. Maybe the guy that seems to have annoyed you, pulled out a glass bottle because we are living in 2023 and not 823.
I look down the comments and every time you leave a reply, you are trying to correct someone or be the voice of authority. You are one of those guys. If you want to argue this one, if told you where and when to find him. That's it.
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No jock strap? Ballsy
Great vid btw :)
Historically accurate Vikings look a lot cooler than movie Vikings. Like I don’t want to see some guy with an awful haircut running around with no armor.
me getting ready for a raiding session with the boys:
amazing stuff, looks very authentic!
Thanks! Really appreciate it!
To be specific a norse huscarl
Nice kit. Swords were uncommon tho, most used single handed axe or spear. Swords are for the wealthiest only
Thanks. And that is true, i believe i replied ti another comment saying the same actually
Depends on the time of the Viking age. Early on yes very expensive. But by the late Viking age anyone who did a few rides could afford a sword. The basic male clothes a hat shield spear seax or axe/ bow/ was the normal starting gear. There's to many people in reenactment group's running around in mail helmets and carrying swords.
And that's really heath and safety and the fact that everyone wants to wear the cool gear.
Anyone who had money to buy armor, could buy a sword, the kit is accurate
Swords in that era were expensive yes, but not rare or reserved for the elite. The numbers we find, often in groups or put together in gifts show they were produced in very large numbers
This type of get up would be for a special units only
Looks very legit to me - great job!
Nice kit bro. About the same age as you and have been watching your channel for years. Awesome seeing the progress
Thanks so much! Glad you are here snd still watching!
Nice! A tip, you should drive a leather cord through the last rings of your sleeve mail, and tie a knot so it tightens on your arm and doesn't hang around. That way it is functional. Happy raiding.
this is so dope
nice one, binding the end and start like you've done
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You need to attach the scabbard to your belt
@@Joel-xl2nt i need to make it a baldric yeah, havent gotten round to it yet 😊
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That shield is lovely, did you paint it yourself or a commission of some kind? I love the design
Thank you! Made and painted it myself, glad you like it!
It's good start 🙂
im surprised that they didnt wear handprotection
Anywhere you would recommend getting a good Viking age helmet? I'm trying to make a Viking kit and need helmet recommendations
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Hi! There are actually quite a few good vendors on etsy! NorthernTradersEs has some good ones, Wojmir, and this gjermundbu is from a shop which used to be called ForTheGods, but im not sure what its called now.
Where can i buy ewuipments?
For those who want a summed up, R rated version of Viking culture, "I'M SO FUCKING HIGH RIGHT NOW"
I'd tuck the mail from the helmet under the shirt mail so a blade wouldn't slip under it
Ive actually tried that before, but it restricts mobility a lot, up and down and left and right
*like the Principality of Novgorod later used, the Boyars and Druzhina, Rus tribe were Norsemen, from the House of Rurik, and Russian leaders are also found in the Viking Sagas, good hunting for the Truth...*
When it comes to the mail shirt, is it 4-in-1 or 6-in-1? They always look very thick, so I figured the latter than the former, but I'm open to discussion❤. Very informative video; short and to the pont.
I'll check once i get a chance and update my comment! I think its 4 in 1 or maybe 3 in. Not 6 in 1
Hey I'm just curious, but is there any difference in this gjermundbu and the shishak helmet? They both look the same hahaha.
Not sure how many styles if the shishak there are, but they look very different to me. Ocular is a different shape, dome is different
Probably they had leather or linen straps on their arms to make the mail shirt less floppy and more maneuverable
How much did this entire kit cost you?
Ooooh, good question. I wanna say around 600-700 Canadian dollars
See? No leather, no furr.
Who played Bad North here?
Bro is son of a jarl or what?, nice gear tho
Hey just wondering if you need to wear a coif or padded coif before putting on the helmet or could just do without it
Yep, always need padding for helmets!!
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History thanks, appreciate the answer
where did you get this??
Maille - www.etsy.com/ca/listing/963237581/chainmail-shirt-flat-riveted-flat-washer?click_key=65a81350760b9f588363f2b563e1228f45e20489%3A963237581&click_sum=21179855&ref=user_profile&pro=1
Clothes - www.etsy.com/ca/listing/161947057/early-medieval-wool-birka-tunic-for?click_key=811a95d4a8c016f88675b274290351ee01d5efb0%3A161947057&click_sum=f914b71e&ref=user_profile&sts=1
Helmet - www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1256891777/gjermundbu-helmet?click_key=257e92dd1feddd449d06a86fb3e3c280829ba412%3A1256891777&click_sum=49940b60&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=gjermundbu+helmet&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&referrer_page_guid=f6fe9e214c9.819cd5fc782ff9c3128a.00
Hey what did you say the helmet was from? Didn't quite understand it
It was found on the Gjermundbu farm in Oslo, Norway
If you didint already can you do how a Saxon is armed
Unfortunately i don't really have any Saxon stuff, apart from the maille
A Saxon warrior during the viking period would look very similar to this; round shields, and mail with a sword for the wealthiest warriors
LESS TALKING, MORE RAIDING
*and the Viking or Norsemen Rus people, destroyed the Khazar Khaganat at around 945, destroying Atil, their capitol*
wealthiest viking warrior
No. This would be standard equipment for a viking.
Great, now retake Luton!
That tunic seems to be pretty thin, it must have hurt to be struck with anything even while wearing the chainmail
Its bot thick, but far from thib. Id say about 1.5mm of wool. It actually does a pretty decent job in combination with maille, far from perfect, but certainly better than without
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Ah okay, it’s not as good as say thick leather tunics used in the early medieval age but it still protects the wearer. It must make him more agile too.
no gambeson ?
We actually have very little evidence for padded underarmour in the viking age. Now, that doesnt mean that they didnt have it, just that pur evidence is slim, so i decided to leave it out of my impression, at least for now! And i have been hit quite hard in just the maille and tunic, and quite honestly, it does quite a good job without the thick padding.
Could you link where you bought the helmet?
Sadly he closed shop. He used to be called For the Gods on etsy
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Dang. Thanks for the reply. Hard to find a properly sized viking helm
How do you spell the name of that hepmet
Gjermundbu
Does the gjermundbu helmet was still used beetween 990-1020 AD so the late tenth early eleventh century, i have a doubt because most of the viking helmet were nasal in the mid-eleventh century, does someone knows? Thank you!
I believe the find was dated to around 950 to 980, so could have been used during the times you gave
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Thank you I needed an advice for my research, on viking around c.980-1050 so the second part of the viking age, your answer will be of a great use for me, truly thank you!
Were did you get your awesome helmet?
It was from an etsy shop called For The Gods!, however i believe they may have changed their name or shut down sadly. I believe Maxuim arrmouries also has good gjermundbu helmets!
Ah sweet thank you I've been looking for a helmet with riveted aventail they're kinda hard to find.
You are missing the most important piece the glorious beard!
Working on it 😊
Didn’t most Vikings use a spear or an axe?
Spear was most common yeah. Swords were for the wealthiest
Viking age weapons.
Pointy stick or iron spearhead
Seax.(knife) langseax long knife
Axe's one handed early Viking age . Middle to late the longer handle started to be used.
Bow/arrows
Slings
Swords
Wooden clubs
Shield
The basic same weapons of anyone in the Viking age.
Mail and helmets was really for the most important warriors or for anyone who could afford them. The whole question on Viking age weapons and armour was whatever part of the Viking world you live in. Because the baggy trousers are not really a thing in Ireland and England
No gloves?
*how a wealthy viking was armed also missing beard lol joking aside i really do dig the video so vinsamlegast hafðu frá því að raiding heimalandið mitt
Did Vikings in the 10th century wear and a Gambson and did they also have padded mail armour?
Good question! Unfortunately we have no evidence of gamberson type armour being used in the viking age, so the question is this: should we assume that they did and wear them when we try to recreate it? Absense of evidence is not evidence for absense. Or, the other side is that we do not know if they did or didn't, therefore we should take the route which we know, or not use gambersons.
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Thanks for answering very informative. :)
@@Yo1gamefantapro69 no problem! Thanks for asking it!
chainmail was never worn without padding
It certainly seems that way later on, however in this age we have no evidence of padded garments under maille, therefore i did not go for padding as again, we have no evidence for it. Definitely possible it was worn, but no finds or literary references
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History We do have proof of skin jackets or tunics which would make a good padding.
@@NikkeyBozz well the wool tunic i have on under us quite thick, and honestly after being hit with multiple different weapons it honestly pads it pretty well. I assumed you were talking about gamberson type padding
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History tunic appeared thin. Triggered my reaction. Yeah, proper padded armor I know of was kyivan rus 11-12 century.
Looks like a byzantine kataphrakt
Cataphracts are definitely 2 times heavier in armour. This is supposed to be a footman which has lighter armour than cavalry. Still resembles it and is wearing very strong armour though.
No hand protection ?
We actually don't really have much evidence for hand protection, leather gloves would likely have been it, no sign of maille or anything else
Aa okay man the rest of the outfit was spot on really cool 💪🏼
Is that riveted mail? Also most of them would have spears.
Yep it is. And i believe i say spears in the clip too!
Шлем с бармицей использовали на Руси (Славяне) он достался от Варягов (Викингов)
You are incorrect. The helmet is from the 950’s-980’s and was found in southern Norway with a hauberk.
@@prinz5816 Русы и Норвеги были рядом соседями.
@@bellerophon6895 No they werent. Definetaly not during the viking age either.. your mistaking us for the Swedes.
Belts too long. The rest is perfect
Do you make your clothing? Was it common to wear the sword like that?
Not the viking clothes sadly, and no, the sword would have been worn with a baldric (sword belt)
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History are you just starting out with Norse kit? Looks better than some I have seen.
@@lusolad yes i am! Thank you
@Leonidas Sparta so how many personas do you have going now?
@@lusolad two, my main one being the homoioi Spartan, and this Scandinavian fellow
Validate my existence
Shining umbo? 😅
Okey curieusty question. Is there any proof for vikings wearing heavly padded mittons into battle? They surely had mittons back then it's not far fetched to think they might wear some big as gambeson like mittons into battle.
Sadly we do not have surviving evidence for padded mittens, same with gamberson in general. There is quite the discussion in viking reenactment about it, some arguing that they certainly had the tech to do it, and others saying we should avoid it due to lack of evidence
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History I'm really on the fence on it, cause I both think that vikings would have simply worn there winter clothing in to war as padding, but I also totaly believe they would defintly have known how to make gambeson sow they would have worn it. I think neither wearing a thick wolle tunic nor wearing gambeson would have bin the wrong answer. That's why I have a split fingerd gambeson mitton on my hands for my viking armor ( I really want to protect my mittons if you know what I mean) and a wollen tunic on my body to pad my body for the mail. Apart from that I'm wearing a nazelhelm with a mail curtain around my neck, I have a rivited mail haulbergon incoming soon, a linnen shirt, pants, winges that I tighten using fabula's and ofcourse leather shoes. I'm just curieus if anyone could maby confurm that vikings used something like padded mittons.
u forgot arming cap or paded cap it wery important
Oh im wearing one, its just inside the helmet :)
Fun fact among the Vikings, Norse, and Normans only a high class Viking like a king would have chainmail other warriors that we're less then a king would have padded wool or cloth armor
Mostly correct, however more than just kings would have had maille. There were professional raiders and other wealthier nobles who could have had armour, and of course poorer people to stripped it from fallen enemies. But yes, most would not have been so equipped
You are wrong and this is a common misconception.
Mail without gambeson? They probs had a lot of broken bones.
When it comes to the Vendel and Viking age, it is more of a lack of evidence as oppose to evidence of absence - what i mean is that we don't have any gambeson evidence per say, but that does not eliminate the likelihood of them wearing some form of padding. In my (as of this moment uncomplete impression) i am just wearing it over the tunic, as that is one way of looking at it, but padding would also be an accurate assumption :)
Contrary to popular belief, it is actually pretty rare to have padding under maille (even during the crusade periods, where gambesons (standalone armors) existed. The only form of padded garment you'd find under hauberks would be what can be called "aketon" and is very lightly padded
@@kevlaronion3433 as far as I know, aketon anf gambeson are synonomous.
@@1983pety So are these with jupon, at least in period text. However nowadays ppl do make the distinction between the two because they happen to be quite different in term of padding and use during the 11th-13thc (ei: gambeson -> standalone armor, sometimes used on top of maille / aketon -> lightly padded garment that you sometimes see worn under hauberks)
Is there any real evidence for those baggy trousers/shalwars in "true" Scandinavian context?
As far as I am aware, there are some depictions, as well as actual finds like from Thorsberg, and all suggest rather close fit, like in most of Europe.
Similar story to 17th century Poland, baggy trousers are very popular in reenactment and in modern art, because they look cool, but they weren't really popular among most of Polish and even Ruthenian combatants until the Battle of Viena, when they went into fashion.
Around 1650 prominent Polish poet even writes a limerick which makes it clear that shalwars are something very weird to him.
Hey, you are correct that the slim fit is more common, however we do see some examples of the baggy pants from primarily Sweden
In Scandinavia, the only pictographic records that were located that were actually made by Vikings are represented with those shalwars pants. Contact with continental Europe made them change part of their dress gradually. Christianity also had a lot of influence on this since those types of pants were frowned upon. because of its similarity to that of the Saracens.
Ma boi put some padded armor between your skin and the mail
We actually have no evidence for gamberson type padding in the viking age. The wool is actually quite thick and good as is.
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History not nececarily, but many historians seem to still think that it was more probable than not, seeing how people still wanted to have some kind of cheap and better available protection, other than either having nothing or mail.
I mean we have mostly just scraps of clothes, some descriptions by other cultures and some stuff written about themselves centuries after the viking age and some artworks depicting vague stuff and we still assume how their clothes would've looked.
Then you took an arrow in the knee
no gloves, even hard leather ones ???
I dont believe we actually have evidence for combat gloves, just regular mittens. Not impossible they had them but not much evidence
You’re not ready for war, you’re ready for a duel. The vast majority of Viking raiders carried spears into battle, but it was also the rule for any society during the post migration era of Europe. Spears are the king of war, and have been until guns took dominance. Swords were (and still are) expensive to manufacture. Most people would’ve carried some type of large knife as a backup to their spear or bow, but as I said, the sword was an aristocratic weapon
Yep, this topic has been discussed already many times. The only spear i own is for my hoplite impression, which isnt historical for a norse warrior. I mention the use of spears in the video, however wealthy warriors (which this example would be as he could afford maille) could have had a sword, even though it is more ceremonial.
Nice kit, I suggest more weapons, Aswell as Lamellar armor as wealthy vikings wore it.
There is no recorded presence of Lamellar armour on "wealthy" vikings or on vikings in general. It could be assumed that some would use or obtain Lamellar armour through service in Byzantium, but it being preserved, taken home (if they returned) and used in wars or raids is unlikely.
There were NO "vikings"😂
Well, yes and no. The Scandinavian raiders were refered to as "vikings" by anglo saxon sources, which is where the modern name comes from. So, they were "vikings," that being men who went on a viking, but as a people they were not "the vikings." I actually have a short on this topic!
They didn't wear them pants
Yes they did. Not as common as regular ones but they existed
Hmmmm kurang kapak
but viking wasn't a tittle tho
Well, yes and no. To the people these Scandinavian raiders raided they were called Vikings, because they went on a viking. Were all Scandinavians "vikings"?, no, but the guy in this video could be described as such. Not to mention that for a RUclips title everyone knows what i meam by "viking".
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-HistoryI am Norwegian and have researched vikings and medieval Norway for 7 years. Viking was definetaly a "title" given to people, infact if i remember the context correctly, within Saint Olavs saga he refered to some people within the country as being vikings.
@@prinz5816 people would have certainly been called Vikings, but all Scandinavian people were not "The Vikings." In Anglo Saxon texts we also see Viking used, but it essentially means raider
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History you are correct however that was not my intended claim. I was just clearing up that Viking was infact something "vikings" called themself as a title, mainstream media has tried hard to "fix" viking-age facts but has only made it worse. Great video eitherway!
@@prinz5816 wicked! Thanks so much, just making sure haha!
LOL This Viking is wearing a hijab 😅
not, u r not ready, where is hand armor?
Basically no evidence for it in the viking age. Even hard leather gloves the evidence is lacking. Not impossible that they had it, just not much evidence.
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History i dont need no historical evidece, i just know u r not ready to fight without hand protection
@@alexandrppc9043 id go as far to say that most historical warriors didnt have it. The Greeks, Romans, Persians, and so on
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-Historydid u fight in your viking equipment without your hand arm?
@@alexandrppc9043 not viking, but many others. All i am saying is that the evidence for hand armour is slim to none, therefore i have not added it to my impression
Wheres the leather?
Well a sword was more for wealthy people...spear was most common
Yep, then again, having full maille armour would be for the wealthy
where fur and horns
The helmet is not a viking helmet, it is persian. The helmet was found together with persian coins, persian silk and persian trinkets and jewelry. Everything found was from persia, but somehow magically the helmet is not persian.. right.
The vikings used to travel to persia via the volga route to trade or work as mercenaries. They would probably raid aswell if they found some defenseless village or something.
That helmet is of persian design, it is found carved into persian stone walls. There are literally no depictions or written records of Vikings ever even wearing helmets, on the contrary they are depicted with no helmets on the few paintings found.
There is also the Ulfberht sword, which they also brought from persia. It is written that it was common to see northmen traders in persian trade centers back then. Theh would sell or trade furs for other valuables.
Vikings also did not have the ability to craft those sorts of helmets or swords thenselves, which is why they had to bring their metals to Frankia (France) to have those smiths do it for them as in the example of the Ulfberht sword.
You basically just dressed that guy up with persian armor.
This helmet was found in the gjermundbu farm, outside of oslo Norway. You are very mistaken
It is very well possible, that Persians had similar helmets, but that design isn't the only spectacle helmet or a helmet with a mask like visor from that time. Even the Anglo-Saxon's had a few with similar looking designs.
But they probably used a lot more "spangenhelm" types of helmets with or without nasal's than spectacle helmets, because the former were the most popular type back then in western Europe.
And to assume that not even professional raiders would've worn simple helmets with some more fancy designs mixed in, is just rather naive.
You are delusional. The armour and helmet found was simple chainmail and a runic inscripted helmet, similar helmets have been found in both Britain and Sweden, dating earlier. So unless you claim anglo saxons and vendels traveled to Persia to buy helmets then come home, i suggest you accept your wrong.
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Yes I know that. You do realize that just because you find something in a land somewhere it doesn't mean it belong to those people or that they created it? I know, mind blown right. That is not how archeology or anthropology works. By your logic if someone finds a Boeing 747 plane or a Ferrari in Somalia in a thousand years then it would it was made by Somalians?
I am Swedish myself, there is no claim that these are Helmets made here. In fact there are articles about this very issue trying to explain to people how these helmets are "loot" from raids or traded via the Volga route to Persia.
They have also found Roman coins, Persian coins and Persian silk in Gotland that date all the way back to the year 400. They have even found Roman helmets. So you mean those Roman helmets are now suddenly Scandinavian just because they were found either here or in Britain? You do realize the whole point of a Viking was to be a traveler and most of them were traders, some of them were raiders. The stuff they brought home with them was loot, not something they created themselves.
Anyway, enough lessons, you can always read and learn these things yourself or continue being a fanboy who got all his history lesson from Movies like 300 and Viking video games, up yo you.
Cheers!
@@Thareldis You know there are articles about that, the helmets did not have those fittings or decorations when found, they were "restored with artistic freedoms". This was the reason there was a whole debacle about it and it was criticized when it was published. But by then there could not be anything done about it so they landed in museums and were photographed as such.
There is even mentions about it in the initial report findings. The same one about how they were found Gjermundbu. It is being criticized for how they took so many liberties with the restoration and first it could not be accepted anymore as a find.
You do know that they were even trying to claim that the obviously roman helmets are Scandinavian first aswell, then they had to retract it because the romans helmets were so obviously roman, but because these particular helmets had been in such a bad shape when found, basically just shards of metal, they could not say either way after the restoration, because they did not know who to credit them to anymore. But the thing is that those helmets were found together with other persian things like silk and trinkets in Gjermundbu, you do the math.
Later on more and more things are being in found Scandinavia like persian coins, persian silk, persian trinkets and so one, we now know that the Scandinavians were often raiding or trading there via the Volga route. Even the Ulfberht Sword was traded and brought from Persia.
Just last month there was an article in Sweden about how these are not "Viking" helmets in origin. People can choose if they want to fill their heads with RUclips education from random RUclipsr or learn actual History.
I thought vikings didn't jave the aventail go all the way around? By viking I assume you mean the Scandinavian raiders that raided the british isles, but the only evidence of the aventail going all the way around was in the vendel period.
Correct, however our renains of surviving helmets are so few in the viking period so we dont really have a large evidence pool of gjermundbu helmets to look at. Thought there is no specific evidence for it, we see it both before and after the viking age, so i don't think its that big a stretch personally
You wouldn't find a sword on somebody, that doesn't have a knife. Swords are inferior in about every possible way and were only there, to show off and flaunt your wealth or status. If you could afford a sword, you could afford a well made knife, a hand axe or small hatchet, a proper belt and more.
Totally agree 👍
Wow... Just... Wow...
Русы
😂 😂 😂 The 300 would have those barbarians for breakfast
Spartans weren't really more or less civilized than the Norse like a thousand years later. So calling them barbarians in that comparison is a bit silly.