The Valkyries' loom : the archaeology of cloth production and female power in the North Atlantic
| 1. Verfasser: |
Hayeur Smith, Michèle,
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2021.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (1 ressource en ligne xv, 217 pages) : illustrations, cartes, plans |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Florida scholarship online.
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| Parallelausgabe: |
ISSN: 0-8130-5763-9 |
| Online Zugang: |
Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover
- The Valkyries' Loom
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Orthography Note
- Introduction
- 1. "Cold Are the Counsels of Women": Bloodied Warps and Gilded Wefts
- The Engendered Economy of Cloth in the North Atlantic
- 2. Weaving in the Viking Age: Iceland and the North Atlantic Expansion
- 3. Textiles, Weaving, and Currency in Iceland during the Middle Ages
- 4. Textiles in Greenland during the Medieval Period
- 5. Cloth, Currency, Climate Change, and Subsistence in Greenland
- 6. Textiles and Trade in the North Atlantic during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
- 7. The Danish Trade Monopoly in the North Atlantic and the Transformation of Women's Roles in Textile Production
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Notes
- References Cited
- Index.
