Women in the Viking Age by Judith Jesch
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 colonies from 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 the Viking age, on the farms and in the trading centres of Scandinavia, abroad on Viking expeditions, and as settlers in places such as Iceland and the British Isles. Women in the Viking Age explores an unfamiliar aspect of medieval history and offers a new perspective on Viking society, very different from the traditional picture of a violent and male-dominated world. JUDITH JESCH is Reader in Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham.
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 and women's studies... the study demonstrates the author's mastery of an impressive array of linguistic and methodological tools. * JEGP (US) *
A lively and compelling book...the author's particular strengths lie in her study of literature. Judith Jesch has captured the spirit of Viking women. Her book is a fitting tribute to them. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *
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 and women's studies... the study demonstrates the author's mastery of an impressive array of linguistic and methodological tools. * JEGP (US) *
A lively and compelling book...the author's particular strengths lie in her study of literature. Judith Jesch has captured the spirit of Viking women. Her book is a fitting tribute to them. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *
Judith Jesch is Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham. Her previous publications include Women in the Viking Age (1991), Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age. The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse (2001) and The Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the Tenth Century: an ethnographic perspective (2002).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780851153605 |
| Title | Women in the Viking Age |
| Release date | 2005-02-17 |
| Studio | Boydell Press |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Judith Jesch |