| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Textile fabrics, Viking -- Scandinavia -- History.
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Textile fabrics, Viking. |
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Scandinavia. |
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History. |
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Women weavers -- Scandinavia -- History.
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Women weavers. |
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Textile fabrics -- Scandinavia -- History.
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Textile fabrics. |
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Vikings -- Clothing -- Scandinavia.
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Vikings. |
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Clothing and dress. |
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Women, Viking -- History.
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Women, Viking. |
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Textile fabrics -- North Atlantic Region -- History.
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North Atlantic Region. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Livres numériques.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hayeur Smith, Michèle. The Valkyries' loom Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020. 9780813066622 (DLC) 2020017606 |
| ISBN |
9780813057637 electronic book |
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0813057639 electronic book |
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9780813066622 hardcover |
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