Format:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203475874
Content:
Presenting a range of evidence for these diverse styles, from Roman art to early medieval bracteate amulets, and from classical texts to Beowulf, the Edda and Icelandic sagas, Professor Speidel here details seventeen different Germanic warriors styles, including berserks, wolf-warriors, club-wielders, long-hairs, ghost warriors and horse-stabbers, and how they indicate an unbroken continuity of customs, beliefs and battle-field tactics. 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. Fully illustrated with over fifty photographs, this vivid and fascinating survey adds a colourful new dimension to our understanding of the history of Europe.
Content:
BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part 1 ANIMAL WARRIORS -- 1 WOLVES -- 2 BEARS -- 3 BUCKS -- 4 MARTENS -- Part 2 FRIGHTENING WARRIORS -- 5 NAKED BERSERKS -- 6 GHOSTS -- Part 3 STRONG MEN -- 7 CLUB-WIELDERS -- 8 WIELDERS OF HUGE SPEARS -- Part 4 SHIELD WARRIORS -- 9 SHIELD CASTLES -- 10 CHANTING -- 11 WAR DANCES -- Part 5 CHURLS -- 12 DART-THROWERS -- 13 ROCK-THROWERS -- Part 6 HORSEMEN -- 14 LANCERS -- 15 SPEAR-THROWERS -- 16 WHEELING RIGHT -- Part 7 FOOT AGAINST HORSE -- 17 HORSE-STABBERS -- 18 HORSE-HEWERS -- Part 8 OUTSTANDING WARRIORS -- 19 LONG-HAIRS -- 20 HELMET-WEARERS -- Part 9 WARRIOR STYLES THROUGH THE AGES -- 21 IRON AGE WARRIORS AND THE CIVILIZATIONS OF GREECE AND ROME -- 22 END AND AFTERGLOW -- CONCLUSION -- TIMETABLE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415311991
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415311991
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=200340
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