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Women in the Viking Age
Judith Jesch
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Description for Women in the Viking Age
Paperback. Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, this book aims to discover the true story of viking women. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DNC; HBJD1; HBLC; HDD; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386. 248 pages, black & white illustrations. Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, this book aims to discover the true story of viking women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DNC; HBJD1; HBLC; HDD; JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight: 380.
Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women. Well-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating. GUARDIAN This is the first book-length study in English to investigate what women did in the Viking age, both at home in Scandinavia and in the Viking coloniesfrom Greenland to Russia. Evidence for their lives is fragmentary, but Judith Jesch assembles the clues provided by archaeology, runic inscriptions, place names and personal names, foreign historical records and Old Norse literature and mythology. These sources illuminate different aspects of women's lives in ... Read more
Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women. Well-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating. GUARDIAN This is the first book-length study in English to investigate what women did in the Viking age, both at home in Scandinavia and in the Viking coloniesfrom Greenland to Russia. Evidence for their lives is fragmentary, but Judith Jesch assembles the clues provided by archaeology, runic inscriptions, place names and personal names, foreign historical records and Old Norse literature and mythology. These sources illuminate different aspects of women's lives in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851153605
SKU
V9780851153605
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Reviews for Women in the Viking Age
Well-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating.
THE GUARDIAN
A coherent, tangible and convincing picture of the age as a whole.
HISTORY
This excellent study gives a thorough and learned survey of the subject of the title, assembling evidence from a wide range of sources.
SCANDINAVICA
A fine example of the interdisciplinary nature of both viking ... Read more
THE GUARDIAN
A coherent, tangible and convincing picture of the age as a whole.
HISTORY
This excellent study gives a thorough and learned survey of the subject of the title, assembling evidence from a wide range of sources.
SCANDINAVICA
A fine example of the interdisciplinary nature of both viking ... Read more