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  2. Freydís Eiríksdóttir - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Vikings - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Shield-maiden - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Else Roesdahl - Wikipedia

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    Else Roesdahl. Else Roesdahl (born 26 February 1942) is a Danish archaeologist, historian and educator. She has mediated the history of the Vikings for most of her life, including coordination of notable exhibitions on the Viking Age and authoring several books on the subject.

  6. Category:Viking Age women - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Viking Age women" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.

  7. Norse colonization of North America - Wikipedia

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    The Norse settlements on Greenland lasted for almost 500 years. L'Anse aux Meadows, the only confirmed Norse site in present-day Canada, [5] was small and did not last as long. Other such Norse voyages are likely to have occurred for some time, but there is no evidence of any Norse settlement on mainland North America lasting beyond the 11th ...

  8. Women in post-classical warfare - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Helge Ingstad - Wikipedia

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    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.