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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (15064)	4/8/2017 4:18:50 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 355933

I don't know the specifics of Iceland. Are you saying they had equal rights with men? I doubt it in 1,000 AD. Do you know what those rights were? You must as you said I was "very wrong". But I any event I said "generally speaking", the more education and less religion, the more equality the women have around the world. It is a near perfect correlation. <Message #15064 from Steve Lokness at 4/8/2017 3:37:51 PM <<<< culture had to be educated to give rights to women.>>>> Well you are very wrong here. Iceland and Norway gave rights to women in a court proceeding they called the Thing. Not sure exactly when they first started this but maybe around 1000. You could get educated about it online I'm sure. They had no schools of course back then.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (15064)

4/8/2017 5:05:58 PM

From: koan

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The Role of Women in Viking Society

Norse society was male dominated. Each gender had a set of expected behaviors, and that line could not be crossed with impunity.

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A woman was, by law, under the authority of her husband or father.

She had only limited freedom to dispose of property belonging to her. She was prohibited from participating in most political or governmental activities. She could not be a goði (chieftain). She could not be a judge. She could not be a witness. She could not speak at þing (assemblies)

hurstwic.org

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