I picked up a book this summer and finally started reading it. Women in Old Norse Society discusses the lives of women in both Pagan and Christian eras in Norse society. I am almost halfway through the text and would highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Women-Norse-Society-Jenny-Jochens/dp/0801485207/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384354414&sr=8-1&keywords=women+in+old+norse+society
Next I will be reading Judith Jesch's Women in the Viking Age in it's entirety (I had previously co