Women and Weapons in the Viking World
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Women and Weapons in the Viking World
Amazons of the North
Gardela, Leszek
Oxbow Books
07/2021
200
Dura
Inglês
9781789256659
15 a 20 dias
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List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the methodological and theoretical framework
Entering the Viking world ... of the dead
Funerary diversity
Cremation graves
Inhumation graves
Lost identities and elusive grave goods
Warriors and warrior ideals
Sex and gender in the Viking Age
Amazons of the North: the scope of the book
2. Historiography
Researching women in the Viking Age
Warrior women in Old Norse studies and Viking archaeology
3. Women and weapons in medieval textual sources
Armed women in Gesta Danorum
Armed women in Old Norse Literature
Women and weapons in the Islendingasoegur
Freydis Eiriksdottir
?ordis Sursdottir
Au?r and ?uri?r
?orhildr Va?laekkja
Not only axes and swords: understanding women's weapons
Women and weapons in the fornaldarsoegur
Hervoer Bjarmarsdottir
?ornbjoerg Eiriksdottir
Other armed women in the fornaldarsoegur
Armed women in Old Norse mythology
Valkyrjur, disir, fylgjur
Ska?i
?orger?r Hoelgabru?r
Female Giantesses as grinders of war and bearers of arms
Armed women of the Viking Age in non-Scandinavian medieval sources
AEthelflaed of Mercia
Women and war in the account of John Skylitzes
Women with weapons in medieval literature: more than literary embellishments
4. Women and weapons in Viking archaeology: the burial evidence
Female graves with weapons
Swedish female graves with weapons
Norwegian female graves with weapons
Danish female graves with weapons
5. Interpreting the arsenal of armed women
Women and axes in the Viking Age
Axes in the Viking Age
Axes in Viking Age funerary contexts
Miniature axes
Interpreting axes in Viking Age female graves
Women and axes in textual sources and folklore
Women and axes in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and swords in the Viking Age
Swords in the Viking Age
Swords in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and weaving swords
Women and swords in iconography
Miniature swords
Interpreting swords in Viking Age female graves
Women and swords in Old Norse sources
Women and swords in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and spears in the Viking Age
Spears in the Viking Age
Spears in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and spears in iconography
Miniature spears
Interpreting spears in Viking Age female graves
Women and spears in Old Norse sources
Women and spears in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and shields in the Viking Age
Shields in the Viking Age
Shields in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and shields in iconography
Miniature shields
Interpreting shields in Viking Age female graves
Women and shields in Old Norse sources
Women and shields in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting bows and arrows in Viking Age female graves
Women, bows and arrows in Old Norse sources
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, riding equipment and horses in the Viking Age
Riding equipment in the Viking Age
Riding equipment and horses in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting riding equipment and horses in Viking Age female graves
Women and horses in Old Norse sources
Women, horses and riding equipment in the Viking Age: conclusions
6. Women and weapons in Viking Age iconography
The so-called 'valkyrie brooches': distribution and materiality
(Re)interpreting the so-called 'valkyrie brooches'
Freyja and a warrior woman?
Sigur?r and Brynhildr/Sigrdrifa
Other iconographic representations of armed females in Viking Age Scandinavia and England
7. Women with weapons: a cross-cultural phenomenon
Warrior women in prehistoric times
Female cross-dressers in early modern Europe
The Amazons of Dahomey
Women in the First and Second World Wars
Emerging patterns and conclusions
8. Amazons of the North? Women and weapons in the Viking world
Women and weapons in Viking archaeology
Women and weapons in medieval texts
The way of the warrior: past and present
Appendix
References
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the methodological and theoretical framework
Entering the Viking world ... of the dead
Funerary diversity
Cremation graves
Inhumation graves
Lost identities and elusive grave goods
Warriors and warrior ideals
Sex and gender in the Viking Age
Amazons of the North: the scope of the book
2. Historiography
Researching women in the Viking Age
Warrior women in Old Norse studies and Viking archaeology
3. Women and weapons in medieval textual sources
Armed women in Gesta Danorum
Armed women in Old Norse Literature
Women and weapons in the Islendingasoegur
Freydis Eiriksdottir
?ordis Sursdottir
Au?r and ?uri?r
?orhildr Va?laekkja
Not only axes and swords: understanding women's weapons
Women and weapons in the fornaldarsoegur
Hervoer Bjarmarsdottir
?ornbjoerg Eiriksdottir
Other armed women in the fornaldarsoegur
Armed women in Old Norse mythology
Valkyrjur, disir, fylgjur
Ska?i
?orger?r Hoelgabru?r
Female Giantesses as grinders of war and bearers of arms
Armed women of the Viking Age in non-Scandinavian medieval sources
AEthelflaed of Mercia
Women and war in the account of John Skylitzes
Women with weapons in medieval literature: more than literary embellishments
4. Women and weapons in Viking archaeology: the burial evidence
Female graves with weapons
Swedish female graves with weapons
Norwegian female graves with weapons
Danish female graves with weapons
5. Interpreting the arsenal of armed women
Women and axes in the Viking Age
Axes in the Viking Age
Axes in Viking Age funerary contexts
Miniature axes
Interpreting axes in Viking Age female graves
Women and axes in textual sources and folklore
Women and axes in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and swords in the Viking Age
Swords in the Viking Age
Swords in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and weaving swords
Women and swords in iconography
Miniature swords
Interpreting swords in Viking Age female graves
Women and swords in Old Norse sources
Women and swords in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and spears in the Viking Age
Spears in the Viking Age
Spears in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and spears in iconography
Miniature spears
Interpreting spears in Viking Age female graves
Women and spears in Old Norse sources
Women and spears in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and shields in the Viking Age
Shields in the Viking Age
Shields in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and shields in iconography
Miniature shields
Interpreting shields in Viking Age female graves
Women and shields in Old Norse sources
Women and shields in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting bows and arrows in Viking Age female graves
Women, bows and arrows in Old Norse sources
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, riding equipment and horses in the Viking Age
Riding equipment in the Viking Age
Riding equipment and horses in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting riding equipment and horses in Viking Age female graves
Women and horses in Old Norse sources
Women, horses and riding equipment in the Viking Age: conclusions
6. Women and weapons in Viking Age iconography
The so-called 'valkyrie brooches': distribution and materiality
(Re)interpreting the so-called 'valkyrie brooches'
Freyja and a warrior woman?
Sigur?r and Brynhildr/Sigrdrifa
Other iconographic representations of armed females in Viking Age Scandinavia and England
7. Women with weapons: a cross-cultural phenomenon
Warrior women in prehistoric times
Female cross-dressers in early modern Europe
The Amazons of Dahomey
Women in the First and Second World Wars
Emerging patterns and conclusions
8. Amazons of the North? Women and weapons in the Viking world
Women and weapons in Viking archaeology
Women and weapons in medieval texts
The way of the warrior: past and present
Appendix
References
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Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000); Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000)/Anglo-Saxon & Viking/Archaeology; archaeological evidence; armed conflict; c. 750-1050 AD; Europe; female warriors; household; interdisciplinary; medieval literature; Norse merchants; Norse society; public arena; Scandinavia; Viking Age; weapons; women
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the methodological and theoretical framework
Entering the Viking world ... of the dead
Funerary diversity
Cremation graves
Inhumation graves
Lost identities and elusive grave goods
Warriors and warrior ideals
Sex and gender in the Viking Age
Amazons of the North: the scope of the book
2. Historiography
Researching women in the Viking Age
Warrior women in Old Norse studies and Viking archaeology
3. Women and weapons in medieval textual sources
Armed women in Gesta Danorum
Armed women in Old Norse Literature
Women and weapons in the Islendingasoegur
Freydis Eiriksdottir
?ordis Sursdottir
Au?r and ?uri?r
?orhildr Va?laekkja
Not only axes and swords: understanding women's weapons
Women and weapons in the fornaldarsoegur
Hervoer Bjarmarsdottir
?ornbjoerg Eiriksdottir
Other armed women in the fornaldarsoegur
Armed women in Old Norse mythology
Valkyrjur, disir, fylgjur
Ska?i
?orger?r Hoelgabru?r
Female Giantesses as grinders of war and bearers of arms
Armed women of the Viking Age in non-Scandinavian medieval sources
AEthelflaed of Mercia
Women and war in the account of John Skylitzes
Women with weapons in medieval literature: more than literary embellishments
4. Women and weapons in Viking archaeology: the burial evidence
Female graves with weapons
Swedish female graves with weapons
Norwegian female graves with weapons
Danish female graves with weapons
5. Interpreting the arsenal of armed women
Women and axes in the Viking Age
Axes in the Viking Age
Axes in Viking Age funerary contexts
Miniature axes
Interpreting axes in Viking Age female graves
Women and axes in textual sources and folklore
Women and axes in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and swords in the Viking Age
Swords in the Viking Age
Swords in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and weaving swords
Women and swords in iconography
Miniature swords
Interpreting swords in Viking Age female graves
Women and swords in Old Norse sources
Women and swords in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and spears in the Viking Age
Spears in the Viking Age
Spears in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and spears in iconography
Miniature spears
Interpreting spears in Viking Age female graves
Women and spears in Old Norse sources
Women and spears in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and shields in the Viking Age
Shields in the Viking Age
Shields in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and shields in iconography
Miniature shields
Interpreting shields in Viking Age female graves
Women and shields in Old Norse sources
Women and shields in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting bows and arrows in Viking Age female graves
Women, bows and arrows in Old Norse sources
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, riding equipment and horses in the Viking Age
Riding equipment in the Viking Age
Riding equipment and horses in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting riding equipment and horses in Viking Age female graves
Women and horses in Old Norse sources
Women, horses and riding equipment in the Viking Age: conclusions
6. Women and weapons in Viking Age iconography
The so-called 'valkyrie brooches': distribution and materiality
(Re)interpreting the so-called 'valkyrie brooches'
Freyja and a warrior woman?
Sigur?r and Brynhildr/Sigrdrifa
Other iconographic representations of armed females in Viking Age Scandinavia and England
7. Women with weapons: a cross-cultural phenomenon
Warrior women in prehistoric times
Female cross-dressers in early modern Europe
The Amazons of Dahomey
Women in the First and Second World Wars
Emerging patterns and conclusions
8. Amazons of the North? Women and weapons in the Viking world
Women and weapons in Viking archaeology
Women and weapons in medieval texts
The way of the warrior: past and present
Appendix
References
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the methodological and theoretical framework
Entering the Viking world ... of the dead
Funerary diversity
Cremation graves
Inhumation graves
Lost identities and elusive grave goods
Warriors and warrior ideals
Sex and gender in the Viking Age
Amazons of the North: the scope of the book
2. Historiography
Researching women in the Viking Age
Warrior women in Old Norse studies and Viking archaeology
3. Women and weapons in medieval textual sources
Armed women in Gesta Danorum
Armed women in Old Norse Literature
Women and weapons in the Islendingasoegur
Freydis Eiriksdottir
?ordis Sursdottir
Au?r and ?uri?r
?orhildr Va?laekkja
Not only axes and swords: understanding women's weapons
Women and weapons in the fornaldarsoegur
Hervoer Bjarmarsdottir
?ornbjoerg Eiriksdottir
Other armed women in the fornaldarsoegur
Armed women in Old Norse mythology
Valkyrjur, disir, fylgjur
Ska?i
?orger?r Hoelgabru?r
Female Giantesses as grinders of war and bearers of arms
Armed women of the Viking Age in non-Scandinavian medieval sources
AEthelflaed of Mercia
Women and war in the account of John Skylitzes
Women with weapons in medieval literature: more than literary embellishments
4. Women and weapons in Viking archaeology: the burial evidence
Female graves with weapons
Swedish female graves with weapons
Norwegian female graves with weapons
Danish female graves with weapons
5. Interpreting the arsenal of armed women
Women and axes in the Viking Age
Axes in the Viking Age
Axes in Viking Age funerary contexts
Miniature axes
Interpreting axes in Viking Age female graves
Women and axes in textual sources and folklore
Women and axes in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and swords in the Viking Age
Swords in the Viking Age
Swords in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and weaving swords
Women and swords in iconography
Miniature swords
Interpreting swords in Viking Age female graves
Women and swords in Old Norse sources
Women and swords in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and spears in the Viking Age
Spears in the Viking Age
Spears in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and spears in iconography
Miniature spears
Interpreting spears in Viking Age female graves
Women and spears in Old Norse sources
Women and spears in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women and shields in the Viking Age
Shields in the Viking Age
Shields in Viking Age funerary contexts
Women and shields in iconography
Miniature shields
Interpreting shields in Viking Age female graves
Women and shields in Old Norse sources
Women and shields in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in the Viking Age
Bows and arrows in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting bows and arrows in Viking Age female graves
Women, bows and arrows in Old Norse sources
Women, bows and arrows in the Viking Age: conclusions
Women, riding equipment and horses in the Viking Age
Riding equipment in the Viking Age
Riding equipment and horses in Viking Age funerary contexts
Interpreting riding equipment and horses in Viking Age female graves
Women and horses in Old Norse sources
Women, horses and riding equipment in the Viking Age: conclusions
6. Women and weapons in Viking Age iconography
The so-called 'valkyrie brooches': distribution and materiality
(Re)interpreting the so-called 'valkyrie brooches'
Freyja and a warrior woman?
Sigur?r and Brynhildr/Sigrdrifa
Other iconographic representations of armed females in Viking Age Scandinavia and England
7. Women with weapons: a cross-cultural phenomenon
Warrior women in prehistoric times
Female cross-dressers in early modern Europe
The Amazons of Dahomey
Women in the First and Second World Wars
Emerging patterns and conclusions
8. Amazons of the North? Women and weapons in the Viking world
Women and weapons in Viking archaeology
Women and weapons in medieval texts
The way of the warrior: past and present
Appendix
References
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000); Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000)/Anglo-Saxon & Viking/Archaeology; archaeological evidence; armed conflict; c. 750-1050 AD; Europe; female warriors; household; interdisciplinary; medieval literature; Norse merchants; Norse society; public arena; Scandinavia; Viking Age; weapons; women
