Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5677
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Jochens , Jenny.
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  • Title: Old Norse Magic and Gender: Þáttr Þorvalds ens Víðforla [The author studies fourteen scenes of the supernatural in Norse family sagas, and argues that, in thirteenth-century Scandinavia, men joined women in the exercise of pagan magic. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Scandinavian Studies 63, 3 (Summer 1991): Pages 305 - 317.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Conversion, Religious, in Literature Literature- Prose Magic in Literature Sagas Scandinavian Studies Witches in Literature Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 10- 11- 12- 13- 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: Towson State University
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  • Year of Publication: 1991.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00365637