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Personally, I’d think she would’ve encountered a bit of combat, but nowhere enough to make her out as some great Viking warrior. Reason she was buried with a war game board rather than a weapon in her lap
Quite a few women were trained in combat to keep slaves in line in Norse countries.
Doesn't mean they did battle.
Few women are given a military leader burial
Look into the shit storm of "Gladatrix" from a while back. Feminist Hystorians claimed women competed against men in the roman gladiator rings all the time, the evidence proved they were brought in as novelties when they couldn't get any real gladiators.
so like fake female overwatch gamers
I understand what you are saying. I never stated she did go into direct combat. I’m stating the evidence shown would point to some military leader. That gives a much larger chance of combat then others, but she was buried more like a tactician than a warrior
The most famous would be Tyra, she commanded her army from the rear. She even order the construction of the southern border wall sealing Denmark off from mainland europe,a clear demarcation of a national border.
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danevirke>
It is possible she won a trade war with a neighboring village and got them to join hers, but who knows for sure at this point
We know she did something to be buried as a military leader. I wouldn’t be so dismissive over these things.
I'm not averse to the idea of strong women in the past at all, so I don't get the controversy on it.
It does bother me that "conqueror" suddenly translates to "physically equal to man and collected heads" or some garbage
Exactly. All we know was her stature, not her physique. Personally, I dislike the spin that was used on the headline, made it seem like some great warrior
You need to grow a very thick skin. I am rather used to people misunderstanding the vikings, and always they are to be twisted to fit someone else narrative.
it's annoying and disgusting, but yeah
worry more about the moneychangers censoring people
The reason I posted that screenshot of the huffpost was the comment below it.
and bless whoever did it.
It’s all political in nature unless your a historian or someone who truly enjoys history. Even some historians use the “political lense” to help to justify or revise history
Kek or kermit 😃
I had to read a forty page paper on how gender was the main cause for the Spanish American war. As somebody who enjoys history, it irks me when people just jam their politics in, and that goes for both sides.
What BS you had to suffer through, reading propaganda
I tore into it when we discussed in class and I was told to “tone down my criticism and instead focus on what you agreed with.”
yeah no, criticism is necessary
if they can't handle criticism they are intellectual cowards and the paper is tripe.
They werent even the author of the paper. It's as if it is gospel.
And for people looking to the academic field, they force you to base your papers off of the top names in the field until you finally get your PhD or masters
U academic?
> I have an interesting take on why this Arthurian literary piece may have cannibalism in it
> Thats nice and all, but can you instead write the same paper that this guy did.
I am working towards becoming a history professor
Already have everything ready to go into public history if I cant do that.
Nice my fave subject. I am a great armchair historian
And excellent armchair general too
Have any favorite era? I see you enjoy the vikings a bit.
The Vikings was forced in 4-6 grade. My fave is the early middle age and the great historic empires of the past.
I mostly focus on military and military technology from Greece all the way to the end of WWII. My favorite point would be the dark ages and renaissance.
We kind of have similar tastes
Well yes I also like the vikings, national pride and all. Hence i selected runes and not latin when I should learn one dead language in 7th grade