Warriors and women

The sex ratio of Norse migrants to eastern England up to 900 ad

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12279251
AutoresShane Mcleod (0000-0002-4747-6351, The University of Western Australia, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume19
Fascículo3
Páginas332-353
Data de publicação2011-07-18
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEarly Medieval Europe (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0963-9462 • E-ISSN: 1468-0254
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0254.2011.00323.x
OpenAlexW1953838474
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12

Various types of evidence have been used in the search for Norse migrants to eastern England in the latter ninth century. Most of the data gives the impression that Norse females were far outnumbered by males. But using burials that are most certainly Norse and that have also been sexed osteologically provides very different results for the ratio of male to female Norse migrants. Indeed, it suggests that female migration may have been as significant as male, and that Norse women were in England from the earliest stages of the migration, including during the campaigning period from 865

Ancient history · Geography · Ninth · Old Norse · Sociology · Demography · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Medieval Literature and History