Women in the Viking Age

Women in the Viking Age
ISBN-10
0851153607
ISBN-13
9780851153605
Category
History
Pages
239
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Author
Judith Jesch

Description

Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women.

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