Old Norse literature offers us a handful of strange and disturbing poems. One of these, the Völuspa, continues to haunt even modern-day readers by lifting the veil to a strange world where women held their own. A new book out in May explores this world in depth
In the Middle Ages, love, sex and marriage were complicated matters to negotiate. New and revised edition of the classical handbook from Routledge offers a thorough introduction
In 1878, archaeologists excavated the rich grave of a Viking warrior in Birka from the 10th century. In 2017, however, the dead person was identified by DNA as a woman. In a new book, Nancy Marie Brown imagines her life
Valkyries were a prominent topos in the Old Norse Literature and art. A new book introduces us to the texts, the myths and the lengends