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 in description. 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:    • Norse Sports and Games   and this one about the music preserved in the Codex Runicus:    • Codex Runicus / Drømde mik en drøm i nat   and I'll also mention this series on Norse poetry:    • Видео  ) · 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  Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.: Sharing real expertise in Norse language and myth with people hungry to learn, free of both ivory tower elitism and the agendas of self-appointed gurus. Visit JacksonWCrawford.com (includes bio and linked list of all videos). Jackson Crawford’s translation of Hávamál, with complete Old Norse text: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the... Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Poetic Edda: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the... Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Poetic... Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Saga of the Volsungs: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the... Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Saga-o... Latest FAQs: https://vimeo.com/375149287 (updated Nov. 2019). Jackson Crawford’s Patreon page:   / norsebysw   Music © I See Hawks in L.A., courtesy of the artist. Visit http://www.iseehawks.com/ Logos by Elizabeth Porter (snowbringer at gmail).