Medieval Masculinities and Violence: Weapon-Related Trauma in Skeletal Assemblages from Two Religious Houses in Iceland and Sweden

Previous research has shown that physical violence had a normative presence in medieval Nordic societies. In this study, weapon-related trauma (WRT) was examined in human skeletal assemblages from two religious houses, Skriðuklaustur in Iceland, and Västerås in Sweden. The aims were to identify patt...

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Published in:European Journal of Archaeology
Main Authors: Sundman, Elin Ahlin, Kjellström, Anna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2020.20
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1461957120000200