Hannah Evans

Exploring women’s economic agency in Viking Age Ireland, Iceland and Scandinavia.

Biography

I completed my undergraduate study in History & Egyptology at the University of Liverpool before moving to the University of Cambridge for my MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic. My masters dissertation focused on women’s roles in the economy of medieval Iceland, particularly in relation to vaðmal production. My research interests include Viking Age and medieval history of Ireland and Scandinavia, textiles, material culture and archaeology, Old Norse and middle Irish literature, as well as palaeography, codicology and manuscript studies.
I also have a keen interest in heritage and museum practices, having worked for the National Trust and as the Collections Assistant at Ceredigion Museum before starting my PhD.

Research Interests

My current research focuses on women’s economic agency in Viking Age Ireland, Iceland and Scandinavia. It is a comparative and interdisciplinary study using a range of sources including archaeology, material culture, and texts, and working through a specific framework of politics, culture, religion and environment. The aim of the project is to identify women’s roles, activities and influence within Viking age trade and economy.

Research Funding

Institute of Irish Studies

hannah.evans@liverpool.ac.uk