November 2011
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Clarification to my previous post re: Viking Women
Recent finds have, in fact, shown female graves containing weapons. This could suggest the possibility of female warriors. However, it is not particularly conclusive, and it is known that women were trained in swordsmanship in order to protect their homes when men were away.
There are records of women dressing as men in order to go to war. But this is distinct from the idea of a female...
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hymntobeauty asked: Would you mind giving your source for the Black Death post? I'm just curious because I was under the impression that the Black Death never reached what is now Finland. I know there was the other plague in 1710 that did but I've read that the Black Plague didn't. I think one of the places I read it was on the Turku museum's website which has a painting or sculpture (I forget...
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