Viking women : life and lore
Hannett, Lisa L.2023
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"Let's travel in time together, a thousand or so years back, and meet Viking women in their hearth-lit world...In this groundbreaking work, Lisa Hannett lifts the veil on the untold stories of wives and mothers, girls and slaves, widows and witches who sailed, settled, suffered and survived - and thrived - in a society that largely catered to and memorialised men." -- Back cover.
Main title:
Viking women : life and lore / Lisa Hannett.
Author:
Hannett, Lisa L., author
Imprint:
Port Melbourne, VIC : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2023.©2023
Collation:
xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
01. Melkorka: concubine and slave02. Bergthora: a true and stalwart wife03. Hallgerd: the wife with the thief's eyes04. Bera and Thorgerd Brak: mothers at home05. Freydis: a mother abroad06. Breeches-Aud : cross-dressing women07. Two Geirrids and Thorbjorg litilvolva : spell-casters and seers08. Unn: a paragon among women09. Gudtun: an unlikely anchoress.
ISBN:
97817607619989781760761998
Dewey class:
948.022305.4883950902
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
528680
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 948.022 HAN | Available |