Warrior Viking Women

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

One of the enduring mysteries of the Viking Age is the identity of two people buried in a spectacular blood drenched ship in southern Norway in the autumn of 834. Why the mystery? Because these remains were of women accorded the most lavish Viking burial ever discovered.

Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by Heather Pringle to discuss research that reveals how Viking women were warriors, traders, and leaders, and how their lives have been long overlooked by history.

Gone Medieval is presented by Dr. Eleanor Janega and edited by Ella Blaxill. The producer is Rob Weinberg, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:40.7	podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history.
0:44.9	We uncover the greatest mysteries, the gob-smacking details, and the latest groundbreaking
0:50.8	research from the Vikings to the Normans, from Kings to
0:54.0	popes to the Crusades. We delve into the rebellions, plots and murders that tell us
1:00.1	who we really were and how we got here.
1:05.0	One of the enduring mysteries of the Viking Age
1:10.0	is the identity of two people buried
1:12.0	in a spectacular blood-drenched ship in southern Norway in the autumn of 834.
1:18.0	Why the mystery? Because these remains were of women, interred with elaborate ceremony and accorded the most lavish
1:26.4	Viking burial ever discovered.
1:30.1	The Osseberg women, as they have come to be known, were discovered in
1:33.5	1904 in a 70-foot long ship adorned with intricate carvings and filled with
1:39.3	treasures. The presence of these women in such an elaborate burial raised questions about their roles and their status in society,
1:47.0	which is probably still typically thought of as being dominated by militaristic seafaring men.
1:53.8	Women in the Viking story have, on the other hand, usually been relegated to domestic roles.
1:59.4	However, archaeological research reveals that women played diverse roles as warriors, traders, and leaders,
2:06.0	and the society they lived in was more complex than we might have imagined.
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