The English Warrior from earliest times to 1066
Stephen Pollington
How the Anglo-Saxons fought and the weapons and tactics they used.
"An under-the-skin study of the role, rights, duties, psyche and rituals of the Anglo-Saxon warrior. The author combines original translations from Norse and Old English primary sources with archaeological and linguistic evidence for an in-depth look at the warrior, his weapons, tactics and logistics. A very refreshing, innovative and well-written piece of scholarship that illuminates a neglected period of English history."
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This important work is not intended to be a bald listing of the battles and campaigns from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and other sources, but rather it is an attempt to get below the surface of Anglo-Saxon warriorhood and to investigate the rites, social attitudes, mentality and mythology of the warfare of those times.
Appendices offer original translations of the three principal Old English military poems, the battles of Maldon, Finnsburh and Brunanburh
38 figures and illustrations
£16·95
ISBN 1-898281-10-6 10" x 7" 255mm x 180mm 272pp hardback
