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Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North
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- Subject Area
- Medieval History, Military History
- Book Title
- Women and Weapons in the Viking World
- Features
- Illustrated
- Genre
- History
- Subject
- Weapons
- ISBN
- 9781636240688
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Women and Weapons in the Viking World : Amazons of the North
- Item Length
- 11in
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- Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
- Item Width
- 8.5in
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A pioneering and lavishly illustrated monograph which provides an in-depth exploration of women's associations with the martial sphere of life in the Viking Age.
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Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
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1636240682
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9781636240688
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Publication Name
Women and Weapons in the Viking World : Amazons of the North
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
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Item Length
11in
Item Width
8.5in
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Readers of many stripes will find this study invigorating, as Gardela reappraises the connections between women and violence in an early-medieval society that has left few texts to guide us.
Table of Content
List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: the methodological and theoretical frameworkEntering the Viking world...of the deadFunerary diversityCremation gravesInhumation gravesLost identities and elusive grave goodsWarriors and warrior idealsSex and gender in the Viking AgeAmazons of the North: the scope of the book2. HistoriographyResearching women in the Viking AgeWarrior women in Old Norse studies and Viking archaeology3. Women and weapons in medieval textual sourcesArmed women in Gesta Danorum Armed women in Old Norse LiteratureWomen and weapons in the Íslendingasögur Freydís EiríksdóttirÞórdís SúrsdóttirAuðr and ÞuriðrÞórhildr VaðlækkjaNot only axes and swords: understanding women's weaponsWomen and weapons in the fornaldarsögur Hervör BjarmarsdóttirÞornbjörg EiríksdóttirOther armed women in the fornaldarsögur Armed women in Old Norse mythology Valkyrjur , disir , fylgjur SkaðiÞorgerðr HölgabrúðrFemale Giantesses as grinders of war and bearers of armsArmed women of the Viking Age in non-Scandinavian medieval sourcesÆthelflæd of MerciaWomen and war in the account of John SkylitzesWomen with weapons in medieval literature: more than literary embellishments4. Women and weapons in Viking archaeology: the burial evidenceFemale graves with weaponsSwedish female graves with weaponsNorwegian female graves with weaponsDanish female graves with weapons5. Interpreting the arsenal of armed womenWomen and axes in the Viking AgeAxes in the Viking AgeAxes in Viking Age funerary contextsMiniature axesInterpreting axes in Viking Age female gravesWomen and axes in textual sources and folkloreWomen and axes in the Viking Age: conclusionsWomen and swords in the Viking AgeSwords in the Viking AgeSwords in Viking Age funerary contextsWomen and weaving swordsWomen and swords in iconographyMiniature swordsInterpreting swords in Viking Age female gravesWomen and swords in Old Norse sourcesWomen and swords in the Viking Age: conclusionsWomen and spears in the Viking AgeSpears in the Viking AgeSpears in Viking Age funerary contextsWomen and spears in iconographyMiniature spearsInterpreting spears in Viking Age female gravesWomen and spears in Old Norse sourcesWomen and spears in the Viking Age: conclusionsWomen and shields in the Viking AgeShields in the Viking AgeShields in Viking Age funerary contextsWomen and shields in iconographyMiniature shieldsInterpreting shields in Viking Age female gravesWomen and shields in Old Norse sourcesWomen and shields in the Viking Age: conclusionsWomen, bows and arrows in the Viking AgeBows and arrows in the Viking AgeBows and arrows in Viking Age funerary contextsInterpreting bows and arrows in Viking Age female gravesWomen, bows and arrows in Old Norse sourcesWomen, bows and arrows in the Viking Age: conclusionsWomen, riding equipment and horses in the Viking AgeRiding equipment in the Viking AgeRiding equipment and horses in Viking Age funerary contextsInterpreting riding equipment and horses in Viking Age female gravesWomen and horses in Old Norse sourcesWomen, horses and riding equipment in the Viking Age: conclusions6. Women and weapons in Viking Age iconographyThe so-called 'valkyrie brooches': distribution and materiality(Re)interpreting the so-called 'valkyrie brooches'Freyja and a warrior woman?Sigurðr and Brynhildr/SigrdrífaOther iconographic representations of armed females in Viking Age Scandinavia and England7. Women with weapons: a cross-cultural phenomenonWarrior women in prehistoric timesFemale cross-dressers in early modern EuropeThe Amazons of DahomeyWomen in the First and Second World WarsEmerging patterns and conclusions8. Amazons of the North? Women and weapons in the Viking worldWomen and weapons in Viking archaeologyWomen and weapons in medieval textsThe way of the warrior: past and present Appendix References
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Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Women, Military / Weapons, Europe / Scandinavia, Europe / Medieval
Dewey Decimal
948.022082
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
History
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