Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-30303386-20171215032426/@comment-33978950-20171217011634

You REALLY are getting Viking facts wrong, the time period I am talking about is c.600 to c.1100, the coined "Viking Age".

Also, please tell me where you are getting your information from, I would very much like to know. The main weapon of Scandinavian armies is the spear, for it was the cheapest weapon. A peasant technically COULD become a chieftain by getting a boat, but do you have any idea how much an adequate long-ship would cost? In addition, a chieftian would require a group of loyal warriors, also costing much, much more money than overwhelmingly most of the population. Not to mention the sail, which would cost as much as the fully-built ship itself.

The Viking Age is IN the Middle Ages, that lasting from the fall of the Roman Empire (c.500) to the Renissance (c.1400).

Longbows were not only used by British Armies, the Long Bow as you know it was made by the Vikings, where it was refined by the Welsh, then stolen by the English.

Yes, the raiding had stopped by the time you are calling the Middle-ages, but for a long time within the Viking Age, the Norse pre-Christian religion and Christianity coexisted, many people incorporated Christian ideas and stories into their local traditions.

It is 100% how short bows were used, as the Vikings did not have recurve bows, and Long Bows are meant for long range. It is also not a matter of wealth, as all families had at least one spear and long bow, used for hunting and defence of the village.

Weathier people of the warrior class and up did have a distaste for spears and axes, because peasants used them, but the more powerful people had mostly swords, some silver-laid battle-axes have been found on archealogical digs, but by no means were axes the most common weapon.

About what you said about axes having force to break a shield is true, but is not why the Vikings used them, I have broken a few shields with spears and swords, mind you.

Thank you! This has been a fun debate, now the next step, the Flyting (please don't look this up, if you don't know what this is you really dont know about Vikings).