Ancient Germanic warriors: warrior styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic sagas

by Speidel, Michael P.

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Full title :Ancient Germanic warriors : warrior styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic sagas / Michael P. Speidel.

Summary

"Ancient Germanic warriors played a decisive role in historical events from 200 BC, when Germanic culture first became identifiable, to AD 1000 when Christianity swept through the Nordic countries. Arising from beliefs and states of mind, a variety of warrior styles manifested themselves in differences of dress, weaponry, and fighting technique. Professor Speidel here details seventeen different Germanic warrior styles, and how they indicate an unbroken continuity of customs, beliefs, and battlefield tactics." "The book presents a range of evidence for these styles, from Roman art to early medieval bracteate amulets, and from classical texts to Beowulf, the Edda, and Icelandic sagas. Fully illustrated with over forty photographs, this survey adds a new dimension to our understanding of the history of Europe."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 313 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0415311993, 9780415311991, 9780203475874, 0203475879, 9781134384204, 1134384203, 9781134384150, 1134384157, 9781134384198, 113438419X, 9780415486828, 0415486823
oclc:ocm53932705
LC Classification:U43.E953
Dewey Decimal:355.1/09363

Part 1. Animal warriors. Wolves ; Bears ; Bucks ; Martens -- Part 2. Frightening warriors. Naked berserks ; Ghosts -- Part 3. Strong men. Club-wielders ; Wielders of huge spears -- Part 4. Shield warriors. Shield castles ; Chanting ; War dances -- Part 5. Churls. Dart-throwers ; Rock-throwers -- Part 6. Horsemen. Lancers ; Spear-throwers ; Wheeling right -- Part 7. Foot against horse. Horse-stabbers ; Horse-hewers -- Part 8. Outstanding warriors. Long-hairs ; Helmet-wearers -- Part 9. Warrior styles through the ages. Iron Age warriors and the civilizations of Greece and Rome ; End and afterglow.

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Art et science militaires -- Europe sep… Art et science militaires -- Histoire -… Germains -- Histoire Germanen Germanic antiquities Germanic peoples Germanic peoples -- History Germanic peoples -- History, Military Germanic peoples in art Germany -- Antiquities Germany -- History, Military -- To 843 Germany -- Military antiquities History Military art and science Military art and science -- History -- … Military history Northern Europe Sociologie militaire -- Europe septentr… Sociology, Military Sociology, Military -- Europe, Northern