| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 14, 2021) |
| Subject |
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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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Textile fabrics
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Textile fabrics, Viking
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Women, Viking
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Women weavers
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North Atlantic Region
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Scandinavia
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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e-books.
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History
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Livres numériques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020017607 |
| ISBN |
9780813057637 |
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0813057639 |
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