New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Over 1,000 years ago, when the Vikings sailed to Vinland, now known as Newfoundland, multiple women were among the ... that Freydís was the daughter of Viking Erik the Red and the half-sister ...

Fighting was very important for the Vikings ... Berserkr' is an Old Norse word meaning 'bear skin' and berserkers were Viking warriors who went into battle wearing wolf or bear skins.