Difference between revisions of "Child Warrirors"

Revision as of 10:45, 10 September 2023

This article's completion rating is 1 out of 5. Article planned for future work. No real progress to date.

This article's completion rating is 1 out of 5. Article planned for future work. No real progress to date.

This article was conceived after reading 'Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North' by Leszek Gardela [Gardela 2021]. We thought it would be interesting to see what evidence we had for other possible unusual warriors. Our intent is to add additional sources as we find them and this is very much a work in progress.
Initially as we're gathering the evidence we may cite some sources that are ambiguous. This is all part of the process.

Art

Literature

Archaeological Graves

Scotland, Sutherland: Durness, Balnakeil

Status-

Type- Viking child burial (aged 8 to 13)

Find date- 1991

Bodies-

Dated to-

Museum-

Publications-

• Graham-Campbell, James, and Batey, Colleen E. (1998) Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press. p.140-142
• Low, Batey & Gourlay. A Viking Burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland. n.d.
• Redmond, Angela Z. (2007) Viking Burial in the North of England. A Study of Contact, Interaction and Reaction between Scandinavian Migrants with Resident Groups, and the effect of Immigration on Aspects of Cultural Continuity.. British Archaeological Reports: BAR 429 p.76 ^{[Redmond 2007]}

Grave goods

• Sword
• Spear
• Shield
• Ringed pin, Beads, Strap end

Norway, Telemark: Rualand, Mogen

Status-

Type- Viking boy's grave

Find date- late C19th

Bodies-

Dated to-

Museum-

Publications-

• Peirce, Ian (2002) Swords of the Viking Age. The Boydell Press. p.86

Grave goods

• Sword
• Type: M
• Overall Length: 47.7cm, Blade Length: 38.5cm
• Weight: 409g
• Axe
• Spear
• Shield

Other Possible Child Sized Weapons

References