The Hidden Lives of Viking Women

Archaeological and Historical Perspectives

192 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Analyzes the lives, roles, and experiences of Viking women, highlighting their societal contributions through interdisciplinary perspectives.This edited volume brings together an international group of scholars to address the lives, roles, myths, mythology, and lived experiences of Viking women as well as the impacts of change on women during the turbulent period of the Viking Age. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, this is a book dedicated to the lesser-known aspects of women's lives as active members of society. It provides an innovative way of bringing together work from archaeological, anthropological, historical, and literary perspectives to address questions about women in trade, in war, in magic, in the household and activities that provided women with power and respect in their communities.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Archäologie Schlachtfeldarchäologie
• ISBN: 9798888571866
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.03.2025
• Größe: 238 x 167 mm
• Verlag: Oxbow Books Limited
• Herausgegeben von: Alexandra Sanmark, Michèle Hayeur Smith