Norwegian Culture

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SCA Pages The SCA My SCA Membership My Persona Research SCA Arts & Sciences MY A&S Projects MUNDANE Pages Me in the Modern World Celebrations of Life Divination Just For Fun Chinese Year COMMUNICATION Calendar Guestbook Webrings Links Photos EMail		Norwegian Culture (The following pages are always under construction/evolving) Arts and Crafts Food of the Vikings Social Structure of the Vikings Music Social Structure of the Vikings Viking Houses Daily Life in the Viking Period The Chieftain The chieftain was the most important person in his part of the land. He owned all the land but got help from slaves, his sons, and from his wife. He had a lot of money and went raiding other countries every summer, and came back with loot and slaves. During that time his wife looked after the farm. The Chieftain could often not read or write. The Chieftain 's Wife She stayed home and looked after the farm when her husband was away. She spun, weaved, cooked, brewed very strong beer and taught her daughter to cook. She could read and write. She got married at the age of 16. The Eldest Son The eldest son inherited all of his father's land and money when his father died. All of his younger brothers would have to go and find their own land. The Freeman Many freemen worked on farms. They did not own any land, but the chieftain allowed them to live on his land in return for their held with ship building, melting iron and farming. The Blacksmith Blacksmiths were the most important freeman. They were very skilled and made beautiful jewellery, weapons, ship building tools and pots 'n' pans. The Tradesman The tradesmen went to the trading villages to trade their goods which were either stolen treasures, boats, animals, crops or slaves. The Slaves Slaves did all the dirty work such as digging for iron and so. Normally a chieftain had around 12 slaves, but when he went raiding he captured more. Slaves were never allowed to carry any weapons.
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