Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-30303386-20171215032426/@comment-33978950-20171216151409

No, they usually got a spear or axe, not a sword, because that it was too expensive. Onnly about 25% of the Viking population ever went raiding.

Viking government, albeit not Feudalism, was very similar:

1. The kongungr (king, I am giving Old Norse names) of your country (Denmark, Geatland, Gotland, Norseland, Dublin, York, ect the petty-kingdoms in Scandinavia and their captured territories were inummerable.)

2. Jarls (lords) owed allegience of men and goods to the king. Ran thier Fiefdom rather like kingdoms.

3. Cheftains ran villages and were loyal a lord or the king.

4. Warriors swore their allegience to a chieftain, lord, or king. One of those had to clothe, feed, pay, and house his warriors or lose their loyalty.

5. Karls (peasant) the bulk of the population was farmers, craftsmen, and others, they had to join the levy-service in times of crisis.

6. Slaves, the lowest of the low, they were not very many, and were captured in battle, if your mother was a slave you are. Slaves were property, but were generally better treated than many other places.