Viking Age women

thumb|350px|right|Hervor dying after the Hlǫðskviða by [[Peter Nicolai Arbo]]

Viking warrior burial, Birka, Sweden

Irish queen (960–1030 CE)

Baugrygr or Ringkvinna was the term referred to an unmarried woman who had inherited the position of head of the family, usually from her father or brother, with all the tasks and rights associated with the position. The position existed in Scandinavia during the Viking Age and into the Middle Ages.

200px|thumb|right|A modern replica of a hangaroc A hangaroc (sometimes spelled hangerock or hangerok) was an apron-like outer garment worn by women of Norse origins and some other northern European cultures in the 8th, 9th and 10th centuries. In its usual form the hangaroc comprised a woollen or linen tailored tube wrapped around the body under the armpits and suspended by a pair of cloth straps that ran over the shoulders, secured by brooches. It hung down to mid-calf. The garment was shaped somewhat like a pinafore, and would usually be worn over a tunic-dress called a særk or a kirtle (unde