SC - Alcohol law in the SCA-personal thoughts

[Pug Bainter]

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> << In 10th century Scandinavia?  >>
> 
> Since 10th century Scandinavia was not mentioned in the tour I don't know the
> answer to that one. I would suspect tho' that the Scandinavians of the time
> were closer to hunter/gatherer societies than mainstream medieval society
> except perhaps in major towns. It is an area that I have not developed a real
> interest in. Sorry I can't be more helpful. :-(

I think hunter/gatherer is a *bit* off. Most people lived on small
farms, with both cattle of various kinds and crops. Definitely trade,
but last I heard no one thought they could do anything but glass-beads
and such themselves, and had to import any other glassware. The
archaeological records support this view, at least to my knowledge.

/UlfR

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Par Leijonhufvud                                   parlei at algonet.se
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