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Part 1 – The Warrior Status of the Warrior Warriors of the English Conquest Earliest Times? King, Warrior and Tribe Warrior Rituals Beasts of Battle, Gods of War The Warrior as Poet The Beginnings of English Warriorhood The Warrior’s Way Shield-maidens – Women at War Bearshirts and Wolfcoats The English Military: from the Beginnings to the First Danish XE “Danes, Danish” Wars Later Anglo-Saxon Military Organization
Part II – Weaponry Weapon Vocabulary The Sword The Spear The Axe The Shield The Body Armour The Helmet The Seax The Bow Miscellaneous (War-hammer, pole-arms, whetstone, standard, horn)
Part III – Warfare The Nature of War in Anglo-Saxon England Strategy and Tactics On the Field of Battle Horses and Waggons Earthworks and Strongholds After the Battle
Appendices The Battle of Brunanburh The Battle of Finnsburh
The Battle of Maldon
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Contents of The English Warrior from earliest times till 1066