What a Cursed Viking "Eggplant Emoji" Can Tell Us About Women's Rights in The Viking Age

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Further Reading
- Njal's Saga
- Egil's Saga
- Heimskringla - Snorri
- Saga of Grettir the Strong
- Valkyrie - Johanna Katrin Fridriksdottir
- Children of Ash and Elm - Neil Price
- History of Iceland - Gunnar Karlsson

00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Curses in the Sagas & The Saga of Burnt Njal
02:15 - How Much Input Women Had in Marriage
08:03 - Queen Gunnhild, Widow of Eirik Bloodaxe
10:05 - Gunnhild Finds Her Prey
15:30 - A Parting Gift - Hrut Returns to Iceland and Unn
17:43 - Big Problems - The Separation of Unn & Hrut
25:33 - Insights into Women's Agency, Curses & Magic in the Viking Age

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