Berserks: A History of Indo-European "Mad Warriors"

Berserks, mad warriors scorning wounds and death, constituted an Indo-European warrior style on the same order as wolf-warriors. This study traces their history as far as we can know it, from Mesopotamia to Iceland, from 1300 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Making use of new archaeological and literary sources,...

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Published in:Journal of World History
Main Author: Speidel, Michael
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Project MUSE 2002
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Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2002.0054
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spelling crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/jwh.2002.0054 2024-09-30T14:37:11+00:00 Berserks: A History of Indo-European "Mad Warriors" Speidel, Michael 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2002.0054 en eng Project MUSE Journal of World History volume 13, issue 2, page 253-290 ISSN 1527-8050 journal-article 2002 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2002.0054 2024-09-05T04:56:20Z Berserks, mad warriors scorning wounds and death, constituted an Indo-European warrior style on the same order as wolf-warriors. This study traces their history as far as we can know it, from Mesopotamia to Iceland, from 1300 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Making use of new archaeological and literary sources, the study shows berserks to be a long-lived, cross-cultural phenomenon that lends color and coherence to the early millennia of recorded history. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Johns Hopkins University Press Journal of World History 13 2 253 290
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description Berserks, mad warriors scorning wounds and death, constituted an Indo-European warrior style on the same order as wolf-warriors. This study traces their history as far as we can know it, from Mesopotamia to Iceland, from 1300 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Making use of new archaeological and literary sources, the study shows berserks to be a long-lived, cross-cultural phenomenon that lends color and coherence to the early millennia of recorded history.
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