ABC of WAR
ABC of War
Annotated bibliography of Cultures of War
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Vikings in the East
Androshchuk, Fedir

In his book, Fedir Androshchuk provides a comprehensive insight about the contacts between Scandinavians, Kievan Rus’, and Byzantium in the 9th–11th centuries. Through archaeological and written sources, he examines how trade, political networks, and cultural exchange shaped the formation of hybrid identities.

Review by: Scheuerle, Anita, 2025-11-13 10:42
#Androshchuk, Fedir
#Byzantine Empire
#Eastern Europe
#Rus
#Scandinavia
#Archaeology
#Burials
#Trade
#Warfare and Military Organization
#Early Middle Ages
#High Middle Ages

Kriegsführung im Mittelalter. Handlungen, Erinnerungen, Bedeutungen
Prietzel, Malte

This standard work of medieval cultures of war covers numerous aspects of medieval warfare and highlights connections between various regions and eras.

Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen, 2021-10-11 12:16
#Prietzel, Malte
#Historiography
#Burials
#Middle Ages

Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900
Garipzanov, Ildar

Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900 deals with the cultural history of what the author calls „graphic signs“.

Review by: Stabel, Andrea, 2021-09-20 07:34
#Garipzanov, Ildar
#Europe
#Archaeology
#Ideology
#Numismatics
#Burials
#Coins
#Constantine
#Early Middle Ages
#Late Antiquity

Zeichen und Medien des Militärischen am Fürstenhof im frühneuzeitlichen Europa
Müller, Matthias (ed.)

The anthology Zeichen und Medien des Militärischen am Fürstenhof im frühneuzeitlichen Europa includes articles about art and culture at noble courts

Review by: Döring, Gwendolyn, 2021-09-18 05:39
#Müller, Matthias (ed.)
#Europe
#Germany
#Music
#Burials
#Chivalry
#Early Modern

Angelsächsische Waffengräber des 5. bis 7. Jahrhunderts
Härke, Heinrich

Härke deals with the furniture of weapons in early Saxon graves and correlates the accessible archaeological and anthropological data as well as the written sources.

Review by: Stabel, Andrea, 2021-05-19 11:18
#Härke, Heinrich
#Germany
#Archaeology
#Burials
#Weaponry
#Late Antiquity

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