My review of Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques has been published in the latest issue of The Heroic Age.
The Heroic Age is a fully peer-reviewed academic journal, focusing on Northwestern Europe during the early medieval period (from the early 4th through 13th centuries). The journal’s mission is to foster dialogue between all scholars of this period across ethnic and disciplinary boundaries, including—but not limited to—history, archaeology, and literature pertaining to the period. The Heroic Age was founded in 1998.
I want to give a special thanks to Larry Swain, a member of the editorial board of The Heroic Age, for asking me to read and review Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques. Short’s book is well-researched, and I highly recommend it.
Excellent review. Nicely done.
What exactly is a “saxe”?
Scott, this page on Regia Anglorum explains it well: http://www.regia.org/seax.htm. There are a number of spelling variations for the blade. Regia refers to it as a scramseaxe or scramaseaxe. Shortened to seax or saxe.
Interesting. It almost does look more tool than weapon as you indicated in the article with respect to axes.
That looks like a good resource site, too. Thanks.
It is a good site for research information. I’ve used it several times in the past.
Great review, Steven. A very interesting book!
Thanks, Robert!