Ok lá þar at óvilja hennar
A Reconsideration of Sexual Violence in the Old Norse World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacob Bell (0000-0002-5189-1937, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-29 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/03631990211053220 |
| OpenAlex | W3211753530 |
| Language | HU |
Despite the popularized image of the raping and pillaging Viking warrior, the culture of sexual violence in Old Norse society has remained surprisingly understudied. This article uses skaldic verses, a literary genre produced in Iceland and Norway, mainly from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries, to suggest a reconsideration of sexual violence in the Old Norse world. It suggests that skaldic verses can help scholars discern a spatial and cultural geography of sexual violence against free men, women, and slaves, which suggests it was widespread and multidimensional and had ties to a pan-north Atlantic slave trade in the Viking Age
Ancient history · Criminology · Ethnology · Old Norse · Sexual violence · Sociology · Viking Age · Gender Studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |