Author: L. Reitzer

The typical Viking ship, the longship, is absolutely iconic and as such a staple in books, movies, and tv-series. But how many warriors were on such a longship? And how…

Most movies portray shiel walls wrongly by presenting more or less tightly packed formations charging at each other without any sense of order (or self-preservation). However, despite these wrong depictions,…

When we think of Vikings then we usually also think of their ships, especially the famous longships. And there is a good reason for that. As naval adventurers, traders, and…

Whenever the diet of a medieval peasant is portrayed in movies or books the food is usually depicted as low in calories, bland, and tasteless. But that was not the…