Anglo Saxon Weapons And Warfare

Author : Richard Underwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare written by Richard Underwood and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey describing the weapons and equipment of the Anglo-Saxon warrior during the three-and-a-half centuries from the end of Roman Britain to the arrival of the Vikings (AD 450-800).

Author : Sonia Chadwick Hawkes
Publisher : Oxford University School of Archaeology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weapons and Warfare in Anglo-Saxon England written by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes and published by Oxford University School of Archaeology. This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen essays on the practice of war in Anglo-Saxon times, from weapon types to social effects.

Author : Alexander Vesey Bethune Norman
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
ISBN 13 : 9780880290449
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Weapons & Warfare, 449-1660 written by Alexander Vesey Bethune Norman and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Hill
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781598940
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anglo-Saxons at War, 800–1066 written by Paul Hill and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historian and archeologist presents a vivid and comprehensive account of warfare in early Medieval England. In this compelling new study, Paull Hill reveals what documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence can tell us about war and combat in the age of the great Anglo-Saxon kings. The violent centuries before the Norman Conquest come to life in this detailed account of how and why the Anglo-Saxons fought, how their warriors were armed and trained, how their armies were organized, and much more. The role of combat in Anglo-Saxon society is explored, from the parts played by the king and the noblemen to the means by which the men of the fyrd were summoned to fight in times of danger. Land and naval warfare are both explored in depth. Hill also covers the politics and diplomacy of warfare, the conduct of negotiations, the taking of hostages, the use of treachery, and the controversial subject of the use of cavalry. The weapons and armor of the Anglo-Saxons are described, including the spears, scramsaxes, axes, bows, swords, helmets, shields and mail that were employed in the close-quarter fighting of the day. Drawing on this wealth of information, Hill presents a vivid recreation of the actual experience of fighting in the campaigns against the Danes; the battles of Ashdown, Maldon and Stamford Bridge; and the sieges at Reading and Rochester.

Author : Gareth Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472818334
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viking Warrior vs Anglo-Saxon Warrior written by Gareth Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in bloody battles across the country. Repeated Viking victories in the 9th century led to their settlement in the north of the country, but the tide of war ebbed and flowed until the final Anglo-Saxon victory before the Norman Conquest. Using stunning artwork, this book examines in detail three battles between the two deadly foes: Ashdown in 871 which involved the future Alfred the Great; Maldon in 991 where an Anglo-Saxon army sought to counter a renewed Viking threat; and Stamford Bridge in 1066, in which King Harold Godwinesson abandoned his preparations to repel the expected Norman invasion in order to fight off Harald Hard-Counsel of Norway. Drawing upon historical accounts from both English and Scandinavian sources and from archaeological evidence, Gareth Williams presents a detailed comparison of the weaponry, tactics, strategies and underlying military organization of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and considers the developments which took place on both sides in the two centuries of Viking incursions into Anglo-Saxon England.

Author : Logan Thompson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473811864
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Weapons in Britain written by Logan Thompson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of the weaponry used in combat thousands of years ago. Few accounts of ancient warfare have looked at how the weapons were made and how they were actually used in combat. Logan Thompson's pioneering survey traces the evolution of weapons in Britain across three thousand years, from the Bronze Age to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Insights gained from painstaking practical research and technical analysis shed new light on the materials used, the processes of manufacture, the development of the weapons, and their effectiveness. His account features new information about the weapons themselves and their origin and design—as well as a fascinating new perspective on the practice of early warfare.

Author : J. Kim Siddorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viking Weapons & Warfare written by J. Kim Siddorn and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from the point of view of the Viking warrior and of those who had to face him, this book details the design and construction of the various weapons used by the Norse peoples we have come to call 'the Vikings'. In particular it explains the advantages and constraints of each weapon and describes how these weapons appeared to their original users -- and how they appeared to their opponents.

Author : Richard Philip Abels
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851158471
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Normans and Their Adversaries at War written by Richard Philip Abels and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2001 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of warfare, armies, logistics and weapons throughout the Norman realms. The studies in this book examine and illuminate the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman military institutions that supported and shaped the conduct of war in northwestern Europe in the central middle ages. Taken together they challenge received opinion on a number of issues and force a profound reconsideration of the manner in which the Normans and their adversaries, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, Angevins and the Welsh, prepared for and waged war. Contributors: RICHARD ABELS, BERNARD BACHRACH, KELLY DEVRIES, JOHN FRANCE, C.M. GILLMOR, ROBERT HELMERICHS, NIELS LUND, STEPHEN MORILLO, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, FREDERICK SUPPE.

Author : Richard Denning
Publisher : Mercia Books
ISBN 13 : 0956810365
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amber Treasure written by Richard Denning and published by Mercia Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter den Hertog
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1526772396
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews? written by Peter den Hertog and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This investigation into the Nazi leader’s mindset is “an inherently fascinating study . . . a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship”(Midwest Book Review). Adolf Hitler’s virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler’s contemporaries experienced the same culture and environment and didn’t turn into rabid Jew-haters, let alone perpetrators of genocide. In this study, the author investigates what we do know about the roots of the German leader’s anti-Semitism. He also takes the significant step of mapping out what we do not know in detail, opening pathways to further research. Focusing not only on history but on psychology, forensic psychiatry, and related fields, he reveals how Hitler was a man with highly paranoid traits, and clarifies the causes behind this paranoia while explaining its connection to his anti-Semitism. The author also explores, and answers, whether the Führer gave one specific instruction ordering the elimination of Europe’s Jews, and, if so, when this took place. Peter den Hertog is able to provide an all-encompassing explanation for Hitler’s anti-Semitism by combining insights from many different disciplines—and makes clearer how Hitler’s own particular brand of anti-Semitism could lead the way to the Holocaust.