WOMEN IN THE VIKING WORLD
When you think of the Viking Age, it is difficult not to see it as anything but a patriarchal society, where men ruled by the sword and axe. Yet Viking women had more options and agency than you might expect…
Q: Is it fair to say that the Viking world was a man’s world?
I don't think it is, no. The popular cliché is that the Viking world was masculine, but if you take women completely out of the narrative then you lose a vital aspect. Women were there, in the communities,
