03380nam 22007334a 450 991081702440332120200520144314.01-134-38419-X1-134-38420-31-280-23182-397866102318290-203-47587-910.4324/9780203475874(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)99100000000024777920031204d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncient Germanic warriors warrior styles from Trajan's column to Icelandic sagas /Michael P. SpeidelLondon ;New York Routledge20041 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, NorthernMilitary art and scienceHistoryGermanic peoplesHistory, Military.Sociology, Military355.1/0936315.70bclSpeidel Michael183465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817024403321Ancient Germanic warriors4054168UNINA