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9780415311991

Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415311991

  • ISBN10:

    0415311993

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-08-16
  • Publisher: Routledge

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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 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. The book presents 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. Fully illustrated with over forty photographs, this vivid and fascinating survey adds a colourful new dimension to our understanding of the history of Europe.

Author Biography

Michael P. Speidel teaches Ancient History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Table of Contents

Animal warriorsp. 11
Wolvesp. 13
Bearsp. 39
Bucksp. 47
Martensp. 51
Frightening warriorsp. 55
Naked berserksp. 57
Ghostsp. 81
Strong menp. 85
Club-wieldersp. 87
Wielders of huge spearsp. 98
Shield warriorsp. 101
Shield castlesp. 103
Chantingp. 110
War dancesp. 114
Churlsp. 127
Dart-throwersp. 129
Rock-throwersp. 131
Horsemenp. 133
Lancersp. 135
Spear-throwersp. 142
Wheeling rightp. 146
Foot against horsep. 149
Horse-stabbersp. 151
Horse-hewersp. 165
Outstanding warriorsp. 173
Long-hairsp. 175
Helmet-wearersp. 181
Warrior styles through the agesp. 191
Iron Age warriors and the civilizations of Greece and Romep. 193
End and afterglowp. 198
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