Pole-weapons in the Sagas of Icelanders: a comparison of literary and archaeological sources

• Glavni avtor: Orkisz Jan H. (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Bern Open Publishing, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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The Icelandic sagas are a major source of information on the Vikings and their fighting prowess. In these stories, several mysterious pole-weapons appear, which are often called "halberds", for lack of a better word. In order to better identify what these weapons could have been, and to pr...