03393oam 2200733I 450 991045024040332120200520144314.01-134-38420-31-280-23182-397866102318290-203-47587-910.4324/9780203475874 (CKB)1000000000247779(EBL)200340(OCoLC)475909856(SSID)ssj0001142348(PQKBManifestationID)12383867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001142348(PQKBWorkID)11098889(PQKB)10326244(SSID)ssj0000103274(PQKBManifestationID)11113821(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103274(PQKBWorkID)10070338(PQKB)11764034(MiAaPQ)EBC200340(Au-PeEL)EBL200340(CaPaEBR)ebr10162951(CaONFJC)MIL23182(OCoLC)814288811(OCoLC)62145097(EXLCZ)99100000000024777920180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncient Germanic warriors warrior styles from Trajan's column to Icelandic sagas /Michael P. SpeidelLondon ;New York :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (308 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-48682-3 0-415-31199-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-307) and index.BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 WOLVES; 2 BEARS; 3 BUCKS; 4 MARTENS; 5 NAKED BERSERKS; 6 GHOSTS; 7 CLUB-WIELDERS; 8 WIELDERS OF HUGE SPEARS; 9 SHIELD CASTLES; 10 CHANTING; 11 WAR DANCES; 12 DART-THROWERS; 13 ROCK-THROWERS; 14 LANCERS; 15 SPEAR-THROWERS; 16 WHEELING RIGHT; 17 HORSE-STABBERS; 18 HORSE-HEWERS; 19 LONG-HAIRS; 20 HELMET-WEARERS; 21 IRON AGE WARRIORS AND THE CIVILIZATIONS OF GREECE AND ROME; 22 END AND AFTERGLOW; CONCLUSION; TIMETABLE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXPresenting 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 ChMilitary art and scienceEurope, NorthernHistoryTo 1500Germanic peoplesHistory, MilitarySociology, MilitaryEurope, NorthernElectronic books.Military art and scienceHistoryGermanic peoplesHistory, Military.Sociology, Military355.1/0936315.70bclSpeidel Michael.183465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450240403321Ancient Germanic warriors2057234UNINA