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Viking Age Queens: The Example of Oseberg - Couverture souple

Ruffoni, Kirsten

 
9783659306389: Viking Age Queens: The Example of Oseberg
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 365930638X ISBN 13 : 9783659306389
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
365930638X
ISBN 13 
9783659306389
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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