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The Lords of Battle - Image and Reality of the Comitatus in Dark-Age Britain (Paperback, New edition)
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The Lords of Battle - Image and Reality of the Comitatus in Dark-Age Britain (Paperback, New edition)
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First study of the Dark Age comitatus, or warband, drawing evidence
from literary and historical sources. The Lords of Battle examines
the image of the comitatus, or warband, as it is portrayed in
literary and historical sources from Britain's early medieval
period, attempting to determine the extent to which it reflectsan
historical reality. Through an extensive use of a variety of source
material, literary, historical, and archaeological, the book
investigates both the structure of the warband, and the practices
and institutions which supported it. After a review of the
historical background of Dark Age Britain, Stephen Evans explores
the practical characteristics of the comitatus: its military
organisation; its internal social structure and its place within
society as a whole; and the lord-retainer relationship, its duties
and obligations. He also examines the cultural, social, and
economic institutions which produced and supported the warband.
Overall, the study provides a numberof insights into the ideals and
practices of Britain's Celtic and Anglo-Saxon warrior-élites
during a turbulent period. Dr STEPHEN EVANS gained his PhD from
Temple University.
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