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Avar-age polearms and edged weapons : classification, typology, chronology and technology /
Gergely Csiky offers a presentation of close combat weapons of a nomadic population that migrated from Inner Asia to East-Central Europe. During the late 6th early 7th centuries, the Avars led successful military campaigns against the Balkan realms of the Byzantine Empire, facilitated by their caval...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ;
32. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; List of Figures, Maps and Diagrams; Abbreviations; Abbreviations of Museums; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1 Objectives; 2 History of Research; 2.1 Antiquarian Perspective and Cataloguing Artefacts; 2.2 Classification and Typology; 2.3 Ethnic Interpretations and Questions of Origin; 2.4 Social Reconstruction; 3 Methods Applied in this Study; 3.1 Terminology and the Methods of Classification; 3.2 Technology; 3.3 Chronology and Distribution; 3.4 Armament and Society; 3.5 Methods of Data Collection; Chapter 2 Polearms; 1 Classification of Polearms.
- 1.1 Reed-shaped Spearheads (P.I)1.2 Conical Spearheads (P. II); 1.3 Lenticular (Leaf-shaped) Spearheads (P. III); 1.4 Triangular Spearheads (P. IV); 1.5 Javelins (P.V); 2 Ferrules; 3 Shafts; 4 Representations of Polearms; 5 Conclusions; Chapter 3 Edged Weapons; 1 Classification of Edged Weapons; 1.1 Double-edged Swords (E.I); 1.2 Single-edged Swords (E. II); 1.3 Sabres (E. III); 1.4 Seaxes (E. IV); 2 The Fitttings of Edged Weapons; 2.1 The Hilt; 2.2 The Crossguard; 2.3 Decoration of the Scabbard; 2.4 The Chape; 3 Suspension; 3.1 One-point Suspension; 3.2 Two-point Suspension; 4 Conclusions.
- Chapter 4 Technology-Manufacturing TechniquesChapter 5 Chronology-Continuity and Discontinuity; 1 Early Avar I. (568-620s); 2 The Turn of the 6th-7th Century; 3 Early Avar II. (610-650); 4 Middle Phase (650-700); 5 Late Avar I. (700-750); 6 Late Avar II. (750-820?); 7 General Types Characteristic of Longer Timespans; Chapter 6 Origins and Cultural Contacts; 1 The East and the Steppe Lands; 1.1 Polearms; 1.2 P-shaped Suspension Loops; 1.3 Ring-pommel Swords; 1.4 Sabres; 2 Southern Mediterranean Region; 2.1 Crossguards Cast of Copper Alloy; 2.2 P-shaped Suspension Loops; 3 Western Germanic Area.
- 3.1 Early Phase3.2 Middle and Late Phase; 3.3 Questions in the Research on Seaxes; 3.4 Chronological Problems of Seaxes and the Difficulties of Chronological Synchronisation; Chapter 7 Armament and Society; 1 Deposition of Weapons in Burials-Cemeteries and Regional Differences; 2 The Deposition of Polearms and Edged Weapons in Burials-Chronology and Combinations; 3 The Position of Polearms and Edged Weapons in Burials; 3.1 Polearms; 3.2 Edged Weapons; 4 Weapons and Age Groups of the Deceased; 5 Conclusions; Chapter 8 Armament and Cavalry Warfare in the Avar-age Carpathian Basin.
- Chapter 9 General ConclusionsReferences; Maps; Index.