- Description
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
- 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"--
- Uniform Title
- Valkyries' loom (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Valkyries' loom (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- 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
- ISBN
- 9780813057637
- 9780813066622 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020017607
- OCLC
- ssj0002451399
- Author
Hayeur Smith, Michèle.
- Title
The Valkyries' loom [electronic resource] : the archaeology of cloth production and female power in the North Atlantic / Michèle Hayeur Smith.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Connect to:
- Other Form:
Print version: Hayeur Smith, Michèle. The Valkyries' loom Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020] 9780813066622 (DLC) 2020017606