Format:
xv, 217 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9780813066622
Content:
"Michèle Hayeur Smith uses Viking textiles as evidence for the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North Atlantic in the 9th century AD"--
Note:
"Cold are the Counsels of Women": Bloodied Warps and Gilded Wefts -- the Engendered Economy of Cloth in the North Atlantic -- Weaving in the Viking Age: Iceland and the North Atlantic Expansion -- Textiles, Weaving, and Currency in Iceland during the Middle Ages -- Textiles in Greenland During the Medieval Period -- Cloth, Currency, Climate Change and Subsistence in Greenland -- Textiles and Trade in the North Atlantic during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period -- The Danish Trade Monopoly in the North Atlantic and the Transformation of Women's Roles in Textile Production
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, pdf ISBN 978-0-8130-5763-7
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ethnology
,
Art History
Keywords:
Nordische Staaten
;
Wikinger
;
Frau
;
Textilherstellung
;
Sachkultur
;
Geschichte
