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'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking societyNew research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...
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Warrior Woman Found Buried Alongside Her Axe In 1,000-Year-Old Viking Cemetery In Denmark"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance has never been determined and ...
A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social ...
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Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytailArchaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...
A team of researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester has conducted the first study on motherhood in the ...
These were not passive bodies. Together with recent studies of Viking women buried as warriors, this provokes further thought to how we envisage gender roles in the oft-perceived hyper-masculine ...
A surviving singular Viking Age figurine convincingly displays ... "While we are careful not to present simplified narratives about pregnant warrior women, we must acknowledge that at least ...
These were not passive bodies. Together with recent studies of Viking women buried as warriors, this provokes further thought into how we envisage gender roles in the oft-perceived hyper-masculine ...
The finds hint at a nuanced picture of Viking society — one where most warriors were men but a person's class and profession had the biggest impact on who went to war. "Women can be as strong ...
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