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Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449-1066 (Warrior) Paperback – November 25, 1993

by Mark Harrison (Author), Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)

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The collapse of Roman rule in Britain was not so much a sudden catastrophe as a long and drawn-out decline. The 'Celtic' Britons retreated gradually to the highland areas of Wales, Cornwall and the south-west of Scotland. Control of the fertile eastern lowlands was lost to warriors of Germanic origin who migrated from the Continent. These Germanic conquerors have become known to history as the 'Anglo-Saxons'. They were to dominate the lowland zone of Britain until their final defeat at Hastings in 1066. This title gives an insight into the everyday life, equipment, dress, battle tactics and life on campaign of the typical Anglo-Saxon warrior of this period – the thegn.

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Series: Warrior (Book 5)
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing; 1st edition (November 25, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1855323494
ISBN-13: 978-1855323490
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.2 x 9.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #697,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #993 in Books > History > Military > Weapons & Warfare > Conventional
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful

Illustrated text book brings interesting period to life.

By Nelson R. Willis on January 19, 1999

Format: Paperback

This title served well my research on the historical origins of the Arthurian myths. This title focused on the main enemies of Arthur in the fifth century, but it also covered later periods up to just before the Norman conquest.
What I like about the Osprey military books is how they provide a good ballace of text and illustration. This conveys information in a way which is both efficient and entertaining. This is far preferable to books which offer plenty of text but lack sufficient illustrations to show what the text is talking about; it is also far preferable to books which contain plenty of illustrations but lack sufficient text to explain them. My only complaint is that the photographs of manuscript illustations and archaeological artifacts are printed in black & white, so the reader misses much of the spectacular color and detail of this wonderful Anglo-Saxon art. Of course, printing everything in color will make a book more expensive, but it still may be worth doing. The great thing about all the Opsprey titles, though, is that each has a section in the middle made up of beautiful full color illustrations which portray the appearance and activities of the troops under study.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Old but still of value

By JPS TOP 500 REVIEWER on December 8, 2013

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This is a twenty-year old Osprey title, and it is in need of an update, as quite of few others in the series. This is especially the case for the background pieces on "The origins of the Saxons" and the Saxons' institutions, where the historical consensus has evolved quite a bit since Stenton and Warren Hollister.

The core of the booklet, on arms, equipment and clothing of the Thegn, is however still very valuable. This has a lot to do with the author himself, with Mark Harrison being a curator at the Royal Armouries of the Tower of London.

A huge amount of space (at least compared to more recent Osprey titles) is devoted to the explanations of the plates, as if, for once, the author had ample space and had trouble filing it up. The plates are rather good. I especially liked the one of the huscarl of the Norman earl Ralph the Timid (the last plate) if only because it shows that by the second half of the 11th century, there was not much difference in terms of arms and armour between Anglo-Saxon (or should this be Anglo-Dane?) huscarls, their Scandinavian counterparts and Norman horsemen (I avoided calling them "knights" quite deliberately).

I did have a couple of issues, however. A minor one is that the booklet includes some repetitions. A more serious one, perhaps, is that I had some trouble believing that the first plate, which depicts and entirely unarmoured thegn, and the photos of re-enactors standing in a shield wall and just as unarmoured, were realistic. Being a man of substance, I would have expected a thegn to have worn at least some body protection, perhaps leather armour. In addition, the front line of a shield wall, and perhaps even the first few lines, would have included the better armoured men.Read more ›

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Good reference source

By Michael J. Lee on October 3, 2012

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If you're familiar with Osprey's work this book should be a familiar read. It's very concise and has several beautiful color plates. This isn't the full story of the Anglo Saxons or of Anglo Saxon England. It doesn't even cover the Burghs in great detail. But it does cover a lot of Anglo Saxon history and culture.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

The first warrior elite of England

By K. Murphy on August 23, 2007

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This title examines the gear, tactics, training, and lifestyle of the elite warrior of the ancient and early medieval Saxon armies-the thegn. This book has the same author and illustrator as the Viking Hersir title, and resembles that book greatly.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Great starter

By Beau Dumesnil on November 13, 2013

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GREAT starting point for the person seeking authentic re-enactment in a general direction of the period...the Bib is also outstanding

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Four Stars

Very cool. I enjoyed it. The Saxons were a rough tough group of people.

Published 14 months ago by Mr. Bubles

easy read

informative. easy read

Published 14 months ago by Kelsey

Book was a second.

Generally a good book, but in my case it was part about the Anglo Saxons and partly about the Vikings. The entire colour section was substituted from their Viking title. Read more

Published on April 25, 2011 by RMuse

Nice compendium of basic information

As with all of the Osprey books, I find the combination of hard fact and imaginative reconstruction drawings very helpful. Read more

Published on March 25, 2005 by Catherine Raymond

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