Welcome to the British History Podcast. My name is Jamie and this is episode 184, the

chaos of bad governance. This show is free and independent due to member support and

as thanks for helping keep the community going, I offer members only content, including

extra episodes and rough transcripts. And here's a sample of what the members are listening

to right now. So far, we've covered a lot of Scandinavian life, but I still don't think

you know enough about them to be able to create a realistic village in your next D&D campaign,

because we really haven't touched upon how their society's organized. But rather, we've

been focusing on more personal issues. So let's tackle some of those questions. And to begin,

let's talk about a big part of life for pretty much any society. Economics.

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Alright, when we left off last time, we discussed the Viking raids of Paris and Hamburg. Though

they were far more than the raids we'd seen in the last 48 to 50 years. Now we're looking

at fleets that number in the hundreds and we're seeing the nobility on the continent, especially

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