Kirsten Ruffoni: Viking Age Queens

Cover: 9783659306389 | Viking Age Queens | The Example of Oseberg | Kirsten Ruffoni | Buch

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The Oseberg burial has been studied extensively and many scholars have argued that it is the richest female burial in Europe and that, therefore, it must be much more than the burial of a secular ruler. The women buried in the mound must have occupied a social position of the highest importance, probably being sorceresses, priestesses or demigoddesses. Througout my thesis I have compared Oseberg to many other Iron Age and Viking Age burials. I have also looked at the legal rights of women in Scandinavia and on the Continent. From the gathered evidence I have argued that the Osberg burial is not unparalleled in richness and that it is not impossible for a woman to have been a powerful ruler in the early Viking Age. I have strengthened my argument with literary evidence for historical female figures who ruled kingdoms alone for periods of their lifetime.

Über den Autor

Kirsten Ruffoni studied Medieval Studies and Archaeology at University College London and University of Oslo, where she obtained her MPhil in Nordic Viking and Medieval Culture in 2011.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Geschichte , Kunst , Musik
Jahrhundert:	Mittelalter
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	128 S.
ISBN-13:	9783659306389
ISBN-10:	365930638X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ruffoni, Kirsten
Hersteller:	LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße:	220 x 150 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Kirsten Ruffoni
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.05.2013
Gewicht:	0,209 kg