Viking women were able to own property and divorce their husbands, and they often ran their family’s finances and farms in their husbands’ absence. There are also a few records of women dressed like men learning to use swords and fighting—so-called “shieldmaidens,” the most famous of whom was Lagertha, the wife of Ragnar Lothbrok.
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