Old Norse texts offer different ideas about what it is to be female, presenting women in diverse social and economic positions. This book analyzes female charac

Jenny Jochens captures in fascinating detail the lives of women in pagan and early Christian Iceland and Norway—their work, sexual behavior, marriage customs,

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Working from the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and Old Norse prose narratives and laws, Jenny Jochens argues for an underlying cultural continuum of a pagan pant

Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, femi