Nancy Marie Brown: Ivory Vikings

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Nancy Marie Brown reveals some interesting truths about the Lewis Chessmen, Viking history and Margret the Adroit. Medievalist and author, Nancy Marie Brown just might be Iceland’s hardest working advocate. She spends a part of each summer offering an educational experience about the sagas and Vikings, not in a…

Nancy Marie Brown reveals some interesting truths about the Lewis Chessmen, Viking history and Margret the Adroit.

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#LewisChessmen
#MedievalArt
#MedievelWomen
#WomensArt
#WyrdWome

Nancy Marie Brown suggests that the Lewis Chessmen were likely created by a woman named Margret the Adroit, who may have been commissioned by Bishop Pall Jonsson in medieval Iceland.

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#LewisChessmen
#MedievalArt
#MedievelWomen
#WomensArt
#WyrdWomen