First study of its kind sheds light on pregnancy in the Viking Age

Archaeologists reveal what being pregnant as a Viking was like

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

Secrets of Viking world uncovered in new study

Pregnant women wielded swords and wore martial helmets, experts reveal

First study of its kind sheds light on pregnancy in the Viking Age

Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered that pregnant women were depicted in art and literature with martial gear, and newborns were born into a harsh world where they were not all given burial or were born free.

Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study

Britomart by Walter Crane (1900). Library of Decorative Arts, ParisPregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers – and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the realities uncovered by the first interdisciplinary study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma Tollefsen as part of the Body-Polit…

Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study

Marianne Hem Eriksen, Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester. Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers – and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the realities uncovered by the first interdisciplinary study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma Tollefsen as part o…

A Pioneering Study Provides New Insights Into Pregnancy During The Viking Age - Ancient Pages

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scholars specializing in Viking studies from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have conducted an examination of pregnancy during the Viking Age. Their research - the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age - reveals that pregnant women were often portrayed in art and literature adorned with martial […]