Women and Weapons in the Viking World Interior and sturdy enough to keep

and sturdy enough to keep even heavier items hanging from it nicely

The original brooch was carefully documented in order to get the reproduction accurate and reconstructed from the 1200 year old piece

M90 camo pattern used by the Swedish Armed Forces

divination or decoration

Asathor is a name commonly used in old sagas for the god Thor

Women and Weapons in the Viking World Interior and sturdy enough to keepThe Viking Age (c. 750 1050 AD) is conventionally seen as a tumultuous time when hordes of fierce warriors from Scandinavia wreaked havoc across the European continent and when Norse merchants travelled to distant corners of the world in pursuit of slaves, silver, and exotic commodities. Until relatively recently, archaeologists and textual scholars had the tendency to weave a largely male dominated image of this pivotal period in world history,