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Many thanks to Atlas VPN for sponsoring this episode. Hello and welcome to the history of Vikings.

Today is going to be a really exciting episode because we're joined by returning guest,

Dr. Leshick Gardella, a researcher at the National Museum in Denmark.

We featured Dr. Gardella on the podcast in 2019.

A lot has changed since then, including some of his work.

So we had discussed sort of Viking warrior women, and we're going to dive into that today.

But we're also going to dive into the Vikings in Poland. Now, Poland isn't a country we've

discussed here on the podcast as it relates to the Viking Age. So that will provide for a fascinating

and insightful conversation, I'm sure. Well, Dr. Lesha Gardella, welcome back to the history of

Vikings. Thank you. It's nice to be back. Thank you for having

you. It's so good to have you back. So you've published a book, Leshick, Women and Weapons in the

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