Women in Old Norse Society
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: April 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801485206
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; Historical & comparative linguistics; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Social groups & communities; Women's studies; Social Science; Medieval; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - Scandinavia; Women's Studies - General
First sentence: In the summer of the year 1000 the leaders of Iceland convened for the yearly meeting of their deliberative body, the so-called alingi-by then a generation old.