The Dark Deeds of Freydis Eriksdottir

Swords. Battles. Longships. The gender politics of the Norse North Atlantic. This Leif Erikson Day, let's delve deep into the story of Freydis Eriksdottir and the last Norse voyage to America recorded in the two Vinland sagas.

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~REFERENCES~

[1] Magnus Magnusson & Hermann Pálsson. The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (1965). Penguin Books, Page 67-72

[2] Sarah Lauer. Honor and Shame in the Sagas of the Icelanders: Women’s Struggle for Influence (2018). University of Iowa Press, Page 25-29

[3] Neil Price, Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, Torun Zachrisson, Anna Kjellström, Jan Storå, Maja Krzewińska, Torsten Günther, Verónica Sobrado, Mattias Jakobsson. “Viking Warrior Women? Reassessing Birka Chamber Grave Bj.581” (2019). Cambridge University Press Online https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...