Weapon usage in Viking Sagas

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Weapon usage in Viking Sagas

Postby Dithyrambus » 06 Dec 2010 19:29

An author has produced a summary on the usage of various weapons in the Sagas:

http://www.hurstwic.org/library/arms_in ... ummary.htm
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Re: Weapon usage in Viking Sagas

Postby Astiryu1 » 23 Dec 2010 22:26

Fantastic chart a guy could really get a feel for the fighting with those numbers.
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Re: Weapon usage in Viking Sagas

Postby Dithyrambus » 24 Dec 2010 02:43

Astiryu1 wrote:Fantastic chart a guy could really get a feel for the fighting with those numbers.


Yes and it's not suprising that the sword is the weapon refered to the most.
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