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Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North

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Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North - Gardela, Leszek
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The Viking Age (c. 750-1050 AD) is conventionally seen as a tumultuous time when hordes of fierce warriors from Scandinavia wreaked havoc across the European continent and when Norse merchants travelled to distant corners of the world in pursuit of slaves, silver, and exotic commodities. Until relatively recently, archaeologists and textual scholars had the tendency to weave a largely male-dominated image of this pivotal period in world history, dismissing or substantially downplaying women's roles in Norse society. Today, ...

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Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North 2021, Casemate

ISBN-13: 9781636240688

Hardcover

Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North 2021, Oxbow Books, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781789256659

Hardcover