I've seen all sorts of claims about the roles women could play in "Viking Society". Anywhere from still subservient to husbands/fathers but with a large degree of independence, to outright claims of leading holds with equivalent political power as men (that is until Christianity arrived and men got jealous, causing them to flee from their once egalitarian life). What sources are there on gender roles in pre-Christian Scandinavia, and what liberties did women enjoy? How would it compare to the rest of Europe?