Viking Women: The Narrative Voice in Woven Tapestries

by Lena Elisabeth Norrman

At first glance, several literary portrayals of Viking Age women represent them as kings, as warriors, and as inciters of violence, which seems to contradict the image of the passive, housebound female figure. However, those images need to be read and re-interpreted with a measured critical suspicion. For example, several scholars have argued that those images tell little about the real history of Scandinavian and European women but instead represent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604975326
• ISBN13: 9781604975321
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambria Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"