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Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World

byJóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir

Valkyrie is Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir's historical account of the Women of the Viking World. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Valkyrie leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Publication date

Apr 02, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

280

ISBN

9781788314770