Mother of Kings IV - A Woman of Great Dignity

In this episode, we continue to discuss the life and legend of Gunnhild konungamóðir , tracing her path from Norway to Northern England and finally Denmark as her status was rapidly transformed from Royal to Refugee and back again. Along the way we encounter and discuss shapeshifters, scorn poles, unruly noblemen and treacherous kings. To wrap things up, we explore the presence and influence of households headed by independent woman in the Norse world, studying the life of Auð the Deepminded and seeing what runestones have to tell us about powerful woman in the Viking Age. For an excellent exploration of Runes and Runestones, please checkout the Rune Cast: For more information and a full list of sources, check out our website:

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Mother of Kings IV - A Woman of Great Dignity is an episode from Viking Age Podcast by Viking Age Podcast.

This episode is 01:02:25 long.

This episode was published on Feb 28, 2019.

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