{"product_id":"women-in-the-viking-age","title":"Women in the Viking Age","description":"Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women.\n\nWell-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating. GUARDIAN\n\nThis is the first book-length study in English to investigate what women did in the Viking age, both at home in Scandinavia and in the Viking colonies from Greenland to Russia. Evidence for their lives is fragmentary, but Judith Jesch assembles the clues provided by archaeology, runic inscriptions, place names and personal names, foreign historical records and Old Norse literature and mythology. These sources illuminate different aspects of women's lives in the Viking age, on the farms and in the trading centres of Scandinavia, abroad on Viking expeditions, and as settlers in places such as Iceland and the British Isles. Women in the Viking Age explores an unfamiliar aspect of medieval history and offers a new perspective on Viking society, very different from the traditional picture of a violent and male-dominated world.\n\nJUDITH JESCH is Reader in Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0851153607\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0851153607.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jesch, Judith\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516738052154,"sku":"DBV.0851153607.G","price":15.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0851153607-0.jpg?v=1783752414","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/women-in-the-viking-age","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}