ISBN:
9780813057637
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 217 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Geschichte
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Wikinger
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Textilherstellung
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Sachkultur
;
Frau
;
Nordische Staaten
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Textile fabrics, Viking / Scandinavia / History
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Women weavers / Scandinavia / History
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Textile fabrics / Scandinavia / History
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Vikings / Clothing / Scandinavia
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Women, Viking / History
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Textile fabrics / North Atlantic Region / History
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Textile fabrics
;
Textile fabrics, Viking
;
Women, Viking
;
Women weavers
;
North Atlantic Region
;
Scandinavia
;
History
;
Nordische Staaten
;
Wikinger
;
Frau
;
Textilherstellung
;
Sachkultur
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
"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
