Michael P. Speidel

Ancient Germanic Warriors (eBook, ePUB)

Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134384198
• Artikelnr.: 47885026

Autorenporträt

Michael Speidel teaches ancient history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1 Animal warriors
PART 2 Frightening warriors
PART 3 Strong men
PART 4 Shield warriors
PART 5 Churls
PART 6 Horsemen
PART 7 Foot against horse
PART 8 Outstanding warriors
PART 9 Warrior styles through the ages
Conclusion
Timetable
Notes
Bibliography
Index