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The real Valkyrie the hidden history of Viking warrior women

"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 gra...

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Main Author: Brown, Nancy Marie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Glass, Joan tribute.
Women, Viking > History.
Women > Scandinavia > History > To 1500.
Vikings > History.
Civilization, Viking.
Table of 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.

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