Cover
The Valkyries' Loom
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Orthography Note
Introduction
1. "Cold Are the Counsels of Women": Bloodied Warps and Gilded Wefts
The Engendered Economy of Cloth in the North Atlantic
2. Weaving in the Viking Age: Iceland and the North Atlantic Expansion
3. Textiles, Weaving, and Currency in Iceland during the Middle Ages
4. Textiles in Greenland during the Medieval Period
5. Cloth, Currency, Climate Change, and Subsistence in Greenland
6. Textiles and Trade in the North Atlantic during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
7. The Danish Trade Monopoly in the North Atlantic and the Transformation of Women's Roles in Textile Production
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
References Cited
Index.