[Regia-NA] Re: Viking naval warfare

[Brett W. McCoy]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Cory W. Nielsen wrote:

> I know I replied to your questions once already, but as luck would have it I
> just finished reading "The Viking Art of War" by Paddy Griffith last night.
> In the last chapter, the book outlines several (about a dozen?) examples of
> naval combat in various sagas, and the author dedicates a few pages to the
> "marine-style" ship-to-ship combat described in these sources. If you're
> still interested in this subject, I would recommend this as a source. Just
> keep in mind the author's own disclaimer (about piecing together a vision of
> this kind of combat from the sagas) and the fact that some of his
> conclusions are disputed by other historians.

OK, put an order in for it.  I need to rebuild my collection of Viking
reference books anyway... lent out most of what I had several years ago
and never got anything back... including a bunch of stuff my father had
gotten me from Jorvik. :,-(

> Alternatively, I could send you a list of the battles (with names and dates)
> in that list and you could research the sagas themselves. I would guess that
> you could probably find out quite a bit on various internet sites. I'm at
> work now, but if you're interested let me know and I can send you the list
> tonight.

That would work also. :-)

Thanks!

-- Brett