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In examining the image of the "comitatus", or war-band, as it is portrayed in literary and historical sources from Britain's early-medieval period, this work attempts to determine the extent to which this image reflects an historical reality. Through an extensive use of a variety of source material - literary, historical and archaeological - the book investigates both the structure of the war-band and the practices and institutions which supported it. Having begun with a review of the historical background of Dark-Age Britain, the author explores the practical characteristics of the "comitatus", such as its military organization, its internal social structure and its place within society as a whole, and economic institutions which produced and supported the war-band. This discussion incorporates the role of the court poets, hostage-taking, fosterage, food-renders, tribute and booty.
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The Lords of Battle examines the image of the comitatus, or warband, as it is portrayed in literary and historical sources from Britain's early medieval period; in so doing, it attempts to determine the extent to which this image reflects an historical reality. Through an extensive use of a variety of source material, literary, historical, and archaeological, the book investigates both the structure of the warband, and the practices and institutions which supported it. After a review of the historical background of Dark Age Britain, Stephen Evans explores the practical characteristics of the comitatus, such as its military organisation; its internal social structure and its place within society as a whole; and the lord-retainer relationship, its duties and obligations. He also examines the cultural, social, and economic institutions which produced and supported the warband, including the role of the court poets; the importance of the hall; hostage-taking and fosterage; and food-renders, tribute, and booty. Overall, the study provides a number of insights into the ideals and practices of Britain's Celtic and Anglo-Saxon warrior-elites during a turbulent period.
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Dr STEPHEN EVANS gained his PhD from Temple University.
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- PublisherBoydell & Brewer Inc
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0851156789
- ISBN 13 9780851156781
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages169
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cloth, dustjacket, 8vo ix+169 pp., 1 map the warband as portrayed in literary and historical sources from Britain's early medieval period; heroic poetry; very good condition. Seller Inventory # 28374
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The Lords of Battle: Image and Reality of the Comitatus in Dark Age Britain
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in a similar dust jacket of the first hardback edition of this study of the war band, in early medieval Britain, based on literature and historical sources. Dust Jacket: black laminated paper with white line drawings and red and white lettering to front, white lettering to spine and red and black lettering to rear ; very bright and clean; just slightest rubbing to top and bottom edges of spine, but really in very good condition; price clipped. Cover: red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine; very bright and clean; no visible signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; no markings, inscriptions or book plates; generally in excellent condition. x, 170 pp. Seller Inventory # 003543
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