essay
Servitude and sexuality in medieval Iceland
from sagas to society : comparative approaches to early iceland • Enfield Lock, Middlesex, Uk • Published In 1992 • Pages: 289-304
By: Karras, Ruth Mazo.
Abstract
References to the sexual exploitation of women across social class lines are sparse in the Icelandic sagas, and when present cannot be taken as reliable evidence for social relation during the tenth and eleventh centuries -- the period to which most sagas most often refer. This paper discusses the domination of men over women in medieval Icelandic society and the sexual access that men of a higher social level had over women slaves and servants of the lower level
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Scandinavia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- ninth-thirteenth centuries
- Coverage Place
- general Iceland
- Notes
- Ruth Mazo Karras
- For bibliographical references see document 10: [Gísli Pálsson]
- LCCN
- 93150093
- LCSH
- Icelanders