Search results for 'viking sword'

ISBN: 9780860549413
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Pickles focuses on descriptive documentary evidence, combining it with information from archaeology and surviving structures, historical evidence from Merovingian and Carolingian Gaul, and a number of Anglo-Saxon sites, to reconstruct the seven... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780955767913
Published by : Guy Points
A Gazetteer Of Anglo-Saxon & Viking Sites: County Durham & Northumberland aims to be a comprehensive guide to places, artefacts and material of Anglo-Saxon and Viking interest in County Durham and Northumberland (pre 1974 borders). Four sites in R... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175323
Published by : Oxbow Books
The study of early medieval towns has frequently concentrated on urban beginnings, the search for broadly applicable definitions of urban characteristics and the chronological development of towns. Far less attention has been pai... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781844153237
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The defeat of the Spanish Armada is one of the turning points in English history, and it was perhaps the defining episode in the long reigns of Elizabeth I of England and Philip II of Spain. The running battle along the Channel between the nimble ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781781591727
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
A reprint of Hodder's classic 1982 work which aimed to introduce the archaeologist to ethnographical and anthropological methods and concepts, exploring the proper use of analogy in archaeological theory. A new preface offers thou... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848840317
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
"Michael Mallett’s classic study of Renaissance warfare in Italy is as relevant today as it was when it was first published a generation ago. His lucid account of the age of the condottieri - the mercenary captains of f... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848842151
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
"In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of the Empire. Outmaneuvered by the Turkish sultan, Alp Ar... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903425121
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
A fascinating history of all the medieval battles in this pivotal, strategically important English county and its capital city of York.

Illustrated throughout with reproductions, engravings and photographs, the book takes ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848845497
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Indisputably the most effective general of the Wars of the Roses, Edward IV died in his bed, undefeated in battle. Yet Edward has not achieved the martial reputation of other warrior kings such as Henry V - perhaps because he foug... .... Learn More