On TOS (do not make a star trek joke) i wish to pick a faction. so i want to pick one close to my nationality (prussian aka german) so. i was wondering what the northern european-like factions are.
On TOS (do not make a star trek joke) i wish to pick a faction. so i want to pick one close to my nationality (prussian aka german) so. i was wondering what the northern european-like factions are.
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......The spear was the cheapest weapon and most common among vikings.
The sword however was costly and only nobles wealthy and kings used them.
And the axe was also semi-popular.
As well as the bow.
Future Fow is right, many people used axes because swords were to expensive.
Sorry, Fox.
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The most prominent Viking weapon was the spear, followed by the bow, then the axe. The sword was very last because it was very expensive to make one. Axes were mostly used by levy-men, and it was their wood-cutting axe. Long-bows were used as armies drew closer together. Then as the fighting started, men used short-bows, running through fighting men and shooting at close range.
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Yes, but usually Viking men when they came of age were gifted a weapon by their fathers who were raiders. And thus they usually got an Axe or a Sword. So it really wasn't about money the Viking when he comes of age could virtually pick any weapon he wants.
You are looking at this as if it were a Medieval kingdom. You would be entirely correct if we were debating on the HRE. Vikings had different laws, they didn't follow feudalism (Except for denmark) which left a bunch of poor people at the bottom who had to fight. Vikings when you came of age to raid you got a weapon of your choice, which was an Axe/Sword and Shield.
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.
It would appear you know about Vikings, however not the correct period vikings.
Vikings only appeared in the Dark ages and almost all of them went raiding at that time. They did not have a caste system, this is was how it went in the Dark ages
A random villager decides to become a chieftain.
Other villagers want to be Raiders so they join the chieftain.
The Chieftain buys a boat, and sets sail to raid.
The Chieftain earns a good name and gets more Raiders.
Your caste system was during the Medieval period. Not the dark ages. In the dark ages they went raiding as opposed to in the Medieval period they stopped raiding and made a stable government.
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If you want to be passionate about it, you should know all the details. Have a merry Yule this year.
No it wasn't the spears most prominent use in Northern Europe was by Germans. Vikings had a distaste for Bows. Long Bows were only employed by British armies, and yes axes were used by Levy men of other Medieval armies.
Vikings don't appear in the Middle ages. By then Raiding had stopped happening and the Norse converted to Christianity. Vikings only appear in the dark ages where they raided for loot and fame.
That is not how short bows were used at all. Short bows were used by men who could not afford a more powerful bow (I.E: Recurves, Self bows, etc)
HAH!!!! I know almost every detail about Vikings! I realise that you know about Vikings (Albeit wrongly) but you are getting facts wrong. Spears were used because they were cheap and Peasants could afford them. Vikings had a distaste for spears because they were for Peasants.
Vikings prominetly used Axes because they carried a lot of force and could shatter an enemy shield. Vikings only appear in the Dark ages when they started raiding and Colonising. During the middle ages they converted to Christianity and feudalism and stopped raiding.
My side of the argument is over, it's obvious you have knowledge of Medieval Viking predesscors but no knowledge of true vikings!
Sorry if I'm kinda annyoing, because however passionate you are multiply by 10 and you'll get me!
If you want to be passionate about it, you should know all the details. Have a merry Yule this year.
Vikings don't appear in the Middle ages. By then Raiding had stopped happening and the Norse converted to Christianity. Vikings only appear in the dark ages where they raided for loot and fame.
That is not how short bows were used at all. Short bows were used by men who could not afford a more powerful bow (I.E: Recurves, Self bows, etc)
HAH!!!! I know almost every detail about Vikings! I realise that you know about Vikings (Albeit wrongly) but you are getting facts wrong. Spears were used because they were cheap and Peasants could afford them. Vikings had a distaste for spears because they were for Peasants.
Vikings prominetly used Axes because they carried a lot of force and could shatter an enemy shield. Vikings only appear in the Dark ages when they started raiding and Colonising. During the middle ages they converted to Christianity and feudalism and stopped raiding.
My side of the argument is over, it's obvious you have knowledge of Medieval Viking predesscors but no knowledge of true vikings!
Pretty sure you just contradicted yourself.