The real Valkyrie : the hidden history of Viking warrior women

Book 2021

"In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors. In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together archaeology, history, and literature to imagine her life and times, showing that Vik...

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Civilization, Viking

Vikings History

Women Scandinavia History To 1500

Women, Viking History

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ISBN:

9781250200846

Edition:

First edition

Description:

viii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Hervor's song
Gunnhild Mother-of-Kings
The Town Beneath the Shining Hall
Little "Hel-skins"
Queen Asa's revenge
The Winter Nights feast
The Valkyries' task
The feud
The Queen of Orkney
The tragedy of Brynhild
Shield-maids
The Red Girl
Slave girls
The slave route to Birka
Red Earth
A Birka warrior
The Kaftan
The East way
At Linda's stone
"Gerzkr" caps
Queen Olga's revenge
Death of a Valkyrie

LCCN:

2021006973

Control Number:

3033620

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