Judith Jesch

Author of Women in the Viking Age

About the Author

Judith Jesch is Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham. Her previous publications include Women in the Viking Age (1991), Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age. The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse (2001) and The Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the show more Tenth Century: An ethnographic perspective (2002). show less

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Works by Judith Jesch

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Women in the Viking Age (1994) 207 copies

Viking Poetry of Love and War (2013) 29 copies, 1 review

The Viking Diaspora (The Medieval World) (2015) 29 copies

Vikings and the Danelaw (2001) — Editor — 25 copies

The Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the Tenth Century: An Ethnographic Perspective (2003) 20 copies

Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse (2001) 19 copies

The Saga of the Earls of Orkney (2026) 3 copies

The Nine Skills of Earl Rögnvaldr of Orkney (2006) 1 copy

Literature in Medieval Orkney 1 copy

Still Standing in Ågersta: Textuality and Literacy in Late Viking-Age Rune Stone Inscriptions 1 copy

Let's Debate Female Viking Warriors Yet Again 1 copy

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Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland (Penguin Classics) (2013) — Translator — 75 copies

Gruffud Ap Cynan: A Collaborative Biography (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 4 copies

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Birthdate: 1954
Gender: female
Organizations: University of Nottingham
Nationality: UK
Associated Place (for map): UK

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Viking Poetry of Love and War by Judith Jesch

Clear very modern-language (rather informal) translations of selected medieval Norse verse, often by major figures (Egil Skallagrimson, Harold Hardrada). Matched with illustrations --one short poem and one llustration per page, so there are not a lot of poems overall. A very pretty and enjoyable book, not intended as deep scholarship.

Jul 4, 2013