Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Were women in the Viking Age they're stereotypically medieval subservient housewives, or were they're liberated feminists with land and property running around divorcing their husbands? Where did these two interpretations tend to come from and is either of them accurate?
Learn all this and more as we speak to Professor Judith Jesch, professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham, and author of numerous articles and books on the Vikings, including a book called "Women in the Viking Age."
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Were women in the Viking Age they're stereotypically medieval subservient housewives, or were they're liberated feminists with land and property running around divorcing their husbands? Where did these two interpretations tend to come from and is either of them accurate?
Learn all this and more as we speak to Professor Judith Jesch, professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham, and author of numerous articles and books on the Vikings, including a book called "Women in the Viking Age."
Listen and enjoy, and please consider leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen!
jorvikthing.com
