Early Anglo-Saxon shields

Author

Dickinson, Tania; Härke, Heinrich

Document type

Journal

Language

English

Source

Archaeologia/Early Anglo-Saxon shields. 1992, Vol. 110, 94 p., 46 ill.; bibliogr.

ISSN

0261-3409

Abstract (en)

Analysis of the forms, manufacture, and uses of early Anglo-Saxon shields in England (5th-7th cs.). Computer-based typology of boss forms provides a chronological framework for the typological study of other fittings and for technological analysis. These data are combined with study of the use of the shield in combat and in burial practices to suggest that formal change was related to technological advance and change in fighting practices, and that the shield was used symbolically in social as well as military contexts.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Decorative arts -- United Kingdom
• Shields
• Anglo-Saxon
• 400-700
• Great Britain
• Burial
• Fighting

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Arts décoratifs -- Royaume-Uni
• Bouclier
• Anglo-saxon (art)
• 400-700
• Grande-Bretagne
• Inhumation
• Combat

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00349962

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