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Ancient Germanic Warriors

By: Routledge

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Routledge)


Product Info

Title
Ancient Germanic Warriors
Publisher
Category
Author
Michael P. Speidal
Publish Year
2008
Pages
312
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1"
NKG Part #
2148182339
Type
Hardcover

Description

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.