New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.
Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Shetland, began in the 1880s but only allowed women and girls to join ... The members don Viking-style clothing for the event, which celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage.
Farms that made fine clothes had high status," said ... "Through textile work, women could accumulate wealth in the early Viking Age," said Unn Pedersen, an expert on the Viking Age who has ...