Ancient Germanic Warriors

Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas

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ID7523589
AuthorsMichael P Speidel (corresponding author)
Year2004
Pages328
Publication date2004-08-02
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAncient Germanic Warriors (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203475874
OpenAlexW4233925796
ISBN9780203475874
Open LibraryOL22588249M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

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

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · German · Germanic languages · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Germanic peoples · Military art and science · Sociology, military

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