Norse Daily Life

An Old Norse language expert offers (a lot of) thoughts and (where available) facts about a normal person’s life in the Viking Age. Timestamps: · 1:27 Three big takeaway points · 1:41 (1a. Household: Sex makes babies) · 3:51 (1b. Household: They have slaves, but don’t think Louisiana plantations) · 5:47 (2. Manliness/drengskapr is important, but not totally combat-oriented) · 7:38 (3. Everything is hard and living through the day is not taken for granted) · 11:27 Chores · 19:01 Entertainment and Arts (refers often to this video about Norse sports and games: and this one about the music preserved in the Codex Runicus: and I’ll also mention this series on Norse poetry: ) · 26:42 Status and Prejudice · 36:15 Rhythms of Life: Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death · 54:59 Food & Drink · 1:08:14 Clothes, Grooming, Personal Appearance · 1:23:36 Concluding Thoughts · 1:27:17 Reader’s Corner · 1:27:75 Do you like these videos?  Jackso