In this episode, we continue to discuss the life and legend of Gunnhild konungamóðir, tracing her path from Norway to Northern England and finally Denmark as her status was rapidly transformed from Royal to Refugee and back again.
Along the way we encounter and discuss shapeshifters, scorn poles, unruly noblemen and treacherous kings. To wrap things up, we explore the presence and influence of households headed by independent woman in the Norse world, studying the life of Auð the Deepminded and seeing what runestones have to tell us about powerful woman in the Viking Age.
For an excellent exploration of Runes and Runestones, please checkout the Rune Cast: http://www.runforum.nordiska.uu.se/runecast/
For more information and a full list of sources, check out our website: https://vikingagepodcast.com/a-woman-of-great-dignity
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COA09 - Ritual and Sacrifice in Pagan Iceland
COA08 - Bringing Thor to Iceland
COA07 - Chieftains and Temples
COA06 - Icelandic Law and Culture II: The People of Eyri
COA05 - Icelandic Law and Culture I: Mord the Fiddle
VS04 - The Ghost of Thorolf Twist-Foot
COA04 - The Icelandic Free State
COA03 - Conflict and Things in Early Iceland
COA02 - Taking Land in Iceland
COA01 - The Discovery of Iceland
The Children of Ash
VS03 - The Story of Harald Finehair III
VS02 - The Story of Harald Finehair II
Viking Stories 01 - The Story of Harald Finehair I
A Quick Update
33 - A Journey Through Society: The Lay of Rig
32 - Anniversary Q&A
31 - The Viking Soul
30 - Fate in the Viking Age - Viking Worlds III
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