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Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare

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This book is a fairly comprehensive overview of both the gear and the nature of warfare in Anglo Saxon England, and has everything going for it: beautiful full colour plates of artefacts, reproductions, and reenactors, well researched and informative sections on all types of gear, specific details on certain artefacts, and much more. It covers an awful lot of material for such a relatively small book (159 pages) and is an excellent value for the money spent.

Indeed, I recommend this as the first choice and starting point for any reenactor of the Anglo Saxon culture/period in need of military information. It is really that good. And even if you are more the Viking or Migration era type, there is still a good deal here to make it more than worth your while to purchase.

If you are trying to reenact a warrior persona, this book has all you need apart from clothing and other household items (and even some hints on clothing may be gleaned from the photos of reenactors featured in this book)

As a personal aside, this book is really among my favourites, for its wealth of information and excellent layout. I really can't find anything bad to say about it - this is really one of the best introductions to the subject, that covers everything in sufficient detail to be truly useful. Much better than any Osprey book you care to name!