The Sword In Early Medieval Northern Europe

Author : Sue Brunning
Publisher : Anglo-Saxon Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Swords
ISBN : 1783274069

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The Sword in Early Medieval Northern Europe by Sue Brunning Pdf

A wide-ranging study of the significance of swords throughout the whole Anglo-Saxon period, offering valuable insights into the meaning of and attitude towards swords. Swords were special in Anglo-Saxon England. Their names, deeds and pedigrees were enshrined in writing. Many were curated for generations, revealed by their worn and mended condition. Few ended their lives as casual discards, placed instead in graves, hoards and watercourses as part of ritualised acts. Contemporary sources leave no doubt that complex social meanings surrounded these weapons, transcending their use on the battlefield; but they have yet to transcend the traditional view that their primary social function was as status symbols. Even now, half a century after the first major study of Anglo-Saxon swords, their wider significance within their world has yet to be fully articulated. This book sets out to meet the challenge. Eschewing modern value judgements, it focuses instead on contemporary perceptions - exploring how those who made, used and experienced swords really felt about them. It takes a multidisciplinary and holistic approach, bringing together insights from art, archaeology and literature. Comparison with Scandinavia adds further nuance, revealing what was (and was not) distinctive of Anglo-Saxon views of these weapons. Far from elite baubles, swords are revealed to have been dynamic "living" artefacts with their own identities, histories and places in social networks - ideas fuelled by their adaptability, durability and unique rolein bloodshed. Sue Brunning is Curator of European Early Medieval Collections at The British Museum.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843830894

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Swords of the Viking Age by Anonim Pdf

This title surveys some 60 examples of swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking Age, from the mid 8th to the mid-11th century. It contains an illustrated overview of blade types and construction, pattern-welding, inscriptions and handle forms and Jan Petersen's classification.

Author : Annemarieke Willemsen,Hanneke Kik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9464260033

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Dorestad and Its Networks by Annemarieke Willemsen,Hanneke Kik Pdf

Dorestad was the largest town of the Low Countries in the Carolingian era. This book presents new research into the Vikings at Dorestad, assemblages of jewelry, playing pieces and weaponry from the town, recent excavations at other Carolingian sites in the Low Countries, and the use and trade of glassware and broadswords.

Author : Lisa Deutscher,Mirjam Kaiser,Sixt Wetzler
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781783274277

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The Sword by Lisa Deutscher,Mirjam Kaiser,Sixt Wetzler Pdf

A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.

Author : Matthew Innes
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0415215072

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Introduction to Early Medieval Western Europe, 300-900 by Matthew Innes Pdf

This comprehensive survey synthesises a quarter of a century of pathbreaking research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. Matthew Innes combines an account of the historical background of the period with discussion of the social, economic, cultural and political structures within it.

Author : Marko Aleksić
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Swords, Medieval
ISBN : 8691090502

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Mediaeval Swords from Southeastern Europe by Marko Aleksić Pdf

Author : Edward Pettit
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783748303

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The Waning Sword: Conversion Imagery and Celestial Myth in 'Beowulf' by Edward Pettit Pdf

The image of a giant sword melting stands at the structural and thematic heart of the Old English heroic poem Beowulf. This meticulously researched book investigates the nature and significance of this golden-hilted weapon and its likely relatives within Beowulf and beyond, drawing on the fields of Old English and Old Norse language and literature, liturgy, archaeology, astronomy, folklore and comparative mythology. In Part I, Pettit explores the complex of connotations surrounding this image (from icicles to candles and crosses) by examining a range of medieval sources, and argues that the giant sword may function as a visual motif in which pre-Christian Germanic concepts and prominent Christian symbols coalesce. In Part II, Pettit investigates the broader Germanic background to this image, especially in relation to the god Ing/Yngvi-Freyr, and explores the capacity of myths to recur and endure across time. Drawing on an eclectic range of narrative and linguistic evidence from Northern European texts, and on archaeological discoveries, Pettit suggests that the image of the giant sword, and the characters and events associated with it, may reflect an elemental struggle between the sun and the moon, articulated through an underlying myth about the theft and repossession of sunlight. The Waning Sword: Conversion Imagery and Celestial Myth in 'Beowulf' is a welcome contribution to the overlapping fields of Beowulf-scholarship, Old Norse-Icelandic literature and Germanic philology. Not only does it present a wealth of new readings that shed light on the craft of the Beowulf-poet and inform our understanding of the poem’s major episodes and themes; it further highlights the merits of adopting an interdisciplinary approach alongside a comparative vantage point. As such, The Waning Sword will be compelling reading for Beowulf-scholars and for a wider audience of medievalists.

Author : Piotr Pranke,Milos Žečević
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004431645

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Medieval Trade in Central Europe, Scandinavia, and the Balkans (10th-12th Centuries) by Piotr Pranke,Milos Žečević Pdf

The aim of this work is to attempt to verify the theoretical concepts associated with the idea of trade and merchants activities in the 10th - 12th century within the extensive body of written sources available. The main case study is trading within the range of the influence of the Ottonian Empire and Byzantium.

Author : Patricia Skinner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137544391

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Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe by Patricia Skinner Pdf

This book is open access under a CC-BY 4.0 license. This book examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of violence and social interactions. Despite the prevalence of warfare and conflict in early medieval society, and a veritable industry of medieval historians studying it, there has in fact been very little attention paid to the subject of head wounds and facial damage in the course of war and/or punitive justice. The impact of acquired disfigurement —for the individual, and for her or his family and community—is barely registered, and only recently has there been any attempt to explore the question of how damaged tissue and bone might be treated medically or surgically. In the wake of new work on disability and the emotions in the medieval period, this study documents how acquired disfigurement is recorded across different geographical and chronological contexts in the period.

Author : Peter den Hertog
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526772398

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Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews? by Peter den Hertog Pdf

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.

Author : Robert W. Jones
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781837650361

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A Cultural History of the Medieval Sword by Robert W. Jones Pdf

This study takes the sword beyond it functional role as a tool for killing, considering it as a cultural artifact and the broader meaning and significance it had to its bearer.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004520660

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Origin Legends in Early Medieval Western Europe by Anonim Pdf

This volume contains work by scholars actively publishing on origin legends across early medieval western Europe, from the fall of Rome to the high Middle Ages. Its thematic structure creates dialogue between texts and regions traditionally studied in isolation.

Author : Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442606050

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Reading the Middle Ages, Volume I by Barbara H. Rosenwein Pdf

Spanning the period from c.300 to c.1150 and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this volume contains 20 new readings, including 8 translations commissioned especially for this book, and a stunning new 10-plate color insert entitled "Containing the Holy" that brings together materials from the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic religious traditions. Ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).

Author : Alexandra Sanmark,Natascha Mehler,Sarah Semple,Frode Iversen,Halldis Hobæk,Marie ØDegaard,Alexis Tudor Skinner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367513862

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Negotiating the North by Alexandra Sanmark,Natascha Mehler,Sarah Semple,Frode Iversen,Halldis Hobæk,Marie ØDegaard,Alexis Tudor Skinner Pdf

This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia AD. In this volume we integrate a wide range of historical, cartographic, archaeological, field-based, and onomastic data pertaining to early medieval and medieval administrative practices, geographies, and places of assembly in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland, and eastern England. This transnational perspective has enabled a new understanding of the development of power structures in early medieval northern Europe and the maturation of these systems in later centuries under royal control. In a series of richly illustrated chapters, we explore the emergence and development of mechanisms for consensus. We begin with a historiographical exploration of assembly research that sets the intellectual agenda for the chapters that follow. We then examine the emergence and development of the thing in Scandinavia and its export to the lands colonised by the Norse. We consider more broadly how assembly practices may have developed at a local level, yet played a significant role in the consolidation, and at times regulation, of elite power structures. Presenting a fresh perspective on the agency and power of the thing and cognate types of local and regional assembly, this interdisciplinary volume provides an invaluable, in-depth insight into the people, places, laws, and consensual structures that shaped the early medieval and medieval kingdoms of northern Europe.

Author : Michael D. J. Bintley,Thomas J. T. Williams
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781783270088

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Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia by Michael D. J. Bintley,Thomas J. T. Williams Pdf

Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself.