Viking Women, Powerful Women.
Otherwise| N° d'inventaire | 23114 |
| Format | 13.5 x 21 |
| Détails | 432 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782746756830 |
Who were the Viking women? There is hardly a more virile image than that of the Vikings: barbarian raiders with shaggy beards, great explorers sailing the seas of Scandinavia while, somewhere between Asgard and Valhalla, Týr and Odin plotted great battles. But what were Viking women doing during this time? Drawing on historical and archaeological sources and Icelandic sagas, this book offers a reinterpretation of Viking civilization through a feminine prism. From the figure of the Valkyrie who decides the fate of warriors in battle to the proud Guðrún who avenges the honor of her people, we discover a Viking woman who, far from being confined to domestic tasks, explores, decides, writes, and sometimes fights. Along the way, our imagination of this culture is profoundly modified. Proof, if any were needed, that history is never made without women.
Who were the Viking women? There is hardly a more virile image than that of the Vikings: barbarian raiders with shaggy beards, great explorers sailing the seas of Scandinavia while, somewhere between Asgard and Valhalla, Týr and Odin plotted great battles. But what were Viking women doing during this time? Drawing on historical and archaeological sources and Icelandic sagas, this book offers a reinterpretation of Viking civilization through a feminine prism. From the figure of the Valkyrie who decides the fate of warriors in battle to the proud Guðrún who avenges the honor of her people, we discover a Viking woman who, far from being confined to domestic tasks, explores, decides, writes, and sometimes fights. Along the way, our imagination of this culture is profoundly modified. Proof, if any were needed, that history is never made without women.