The Vikings: Women and Gender - Our Historia

What was the role of women during the Viking Age? Did shield-maidens exist? What about those who did not fit into expected gender roles? Join me in today's video as we explore these questions and the wider matter of gender in the Viking Age. If you enjoyed please considering subscribing :) Find more of Our Historia: Instagram:   / our_historia_   Tik Tok:   / our_historia_   Sources: Gareth Lloyd Evans,, Men and Masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders Jóhanna Friðriksdóttir, Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World Hadley, D.M., Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age Neil Price, The Children of Ash and Elm Neil Price, The Viking Way Neil Price, ‘Viking Warrior Women? Reassessing Birka Chamber Grave Bj.581.’, Ben Raffield, Playing Vikings: Militarism, Hegemonic Masculinities, and Childhood Enculturation in Viking Age, Scandinavia Current Anthropology, 60.6 (2019) 813-835 Sanmark, Alexandra & Tara Athanasiou. "Women as partners–gender balance and co-operation in the Viking Age household." in Alexandra Sanmark & Michèle Hayeur Smith Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig. 'Gender, Material Culture, and Identity in the Viking Diaspora.’, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, 5 (2009), 253–69. Music: Intro Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod The Enchantress - OB-LIX The Gift - OB-LIX Freyja by OB-LIX The use of all images and music fall under “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.