Shieldmaidens in the news
Title
Shieldmaidens in the news
Subject
Essay - Educational Resource
Description
A study of burials of Norse migrants was trumpeted by the popular press as showing that half of all Viking warriors were women.1 This is not the case as Tracy V. Wilson explained on her blog. The study focused on a small sample of Norse migrants and showed only that grave goods could not be relied upon to demonstrate the sex of the deceased.
1. MCLEOD, S. (2011), Warriors and women: the sex ratio of Norse migrants to eastern England up to 900 ad. Early Medieval Europe, 19: 332–353. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0254.2011.00323.x
1. MCLEOD, S. (2011), Warriors and women: the sex ratio of Norse migrants to eastern England up to 900 ad. Early Medieval Europe, 19: 332–353. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0254.2011.00323.x
Creator
Tracy V. Wilson
Source
www.missedinhistory.com
Publisher
www.missedinhistory.com
Date
03/09/2014
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Format
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Language
English
Type
Website
Coverage
Modern, Viking Age, England
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