What Did Vikings in the Middle Ages Actually Do All Day?

Raiding season lasted a few weeks. The rest of the year was a lot less cinematic, and a lot more dangerous. Here's what a Viking Age farmer was actually up against. Subscribe for more deep dives into how medieval life actually worked, one myth at a time. Chapters: 0:00 - You're Not a Viking 1:23 - Born Into It 2:37 - The Longhouse Morning 3:26 - Slaughter Month 5:48 - The Winter Loom 7:39 - Going Viking 8:46 - Back at the Fire Business: medievalfolkbusiness@gmail.com For entertainment & educational purposes. Based on publicly available research. No copyright infringement intended. Sources: ▸ Frank (2000), Invention of the Viking Horned Helmet — Wagner-era costume origin ▸ Poetic Edda: Rígsþula; Reginsmál — class myth; "combed and washed" ▸ Wallingford chronicle (13th c.), Cotton MS Julius D VII — Danish bathing complaint ▸ Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Scandinavian Daymarks — sun-based timekeeping, dagmál ▸ Old Icelandic calendar — gormánuður and einmánuður ▸ Bender Jørgensen (2012), Introduction of Sails to Scandinavia — wool and labour per ship ▸ Brown (2007), The Far Traveler — 200-sheep replica sail ▸ Hayeur Smith (2018), Silver, Butter, Cloth — vaðmál as currency ▸ Orkneyinga saga (c. 1200) — Sveinn's spring and autumn trips #vikinghistory #vikinglife #vikingage #middleages #medievallife #medievalhistory #vikingmyths