Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World

ISBN-13: 9781350230309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str.

Norway) Friðriks Johanna Katrin (National Library of Norway

Opis

Valkyrie explores the fascinating texts of Medieval Iceland that feature viking women carrying power in a variety of roles.

Recenzje

[Friðriksdóttir] brilliantly manages to make the Vikings feel far closer to us than ever before ... 4 stars. Mail on Sunday

Spis treści

Introduction1. Infancy and Childhood2. Between Two Worlds: Teenage Girls3. Adulthood4. Pregnancy and Childbirth5. Widows6. Old Age and DeathEpilogue

O autorze

Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir is a medievalist and literary scholar. Her work is about Vikings, medieval Iceland and the reception of these in the modern era. She currently works at the National Library of Norway in Oslo, Norway.She studied at universities in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Brighton, UK before completing her doctorate in medieval literature from the University of Oxford, UK in 2010. After holding research fellowships at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík, Iceland and at Harvard University, USA from 2010 to 2016, she was a lecturer at Yale University, USA from 2017 to 2019. Her publications include numerous articles, an edited volume and two books about medieval literature and manuscripts, and she has edited scholarly publications in the same fields.She also works as a historical consultant for documentaries and feature films, including Robert Eggers' epic Viking film The Northman.