New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

But that's not the whole story: “There were some rules in Viking society providing women with a little bit more privileged world than their sisters in the rest of Europe. For instance ...

As well as being forward thinking in their approach to hygiene and grooming the Vikings were also progressive in their treatment of women. Viking females, unlike most other Medieval women ...