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Freydís Eiríksdóttir (born c. 965) [1] was an Icelandic woman said to be the daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym), who figured prominently in the Norse exploration of North America as an early colonist of Vinland, while her brother, Leif Erikson, is credited in early histories of the region with the first European contact.
The term Shield-maiden is a calque of the Old Norse: skjaldmær.Since Old Norse has no word that directly translates to warrior, but rather drengr, rekkr and seggr can all refer to male warrior and bragnar can mean warriors, it is problematic to say that the term meant female warrior to Old Norse speakers.
Viking women generally appear to have had more freedom than women elsewhere, [160] as illustrated in the Icelandic Grágás and the Norwegian Frostating laws and Gulating laws. [161] Most free Viking women were housewives, and a woman's standing in society was linked to that of her husband. [160]
Although the idea of Norse voyages to, and a colony in, North America was discussed by Swiss scholar Paul Henri Mallet in his book Northern Antiquities (English translation 1770), [90] the sagas first gained widespread attention in 1837 when the Danish antiquarian Carl Christian Rafn revived the idea of a Viking presence in North America. [91]
8th to 11th century : Sagas and historical records tell of Viking Shield-maiden like Lagertha participating in battles and raids, [26] such as Veborg in the Battle of Brávellir in 750. [27] [28] In addition, remains of a Birka Viking warrior were confirmed in 2017 by DNA analysis to be female. [29]
Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries.
Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) [1] was a Norwegian explorer. In 1960, after mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the province of Newfoundland in Canada.
Pages in category "Viking Age women" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Baugrygr; Birka grave Bj 581;