Tools, Weapons and Ornaments

Herbert Schutz, Ph.D. in German Language and Literature, University of Toronto, teaches at the Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. His other publications in this field are The Prehistory of Germanic Europe, The Romans in Central Europe and The Germanic Realms in Pre-Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750.

'Professor Schutz' work Tools, Weapons and Ornaments. Germanic Material Culture in Pre-Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750, is the logical extension and conclusion of the author's earlier studies on Late Roman/Early Medieval cultural history of Central Europe. This last volume of his tetralogy places the accent squarely on material objects and artefacts of early Germanic societies. It thereby counterbalances effectively the traditionally document-oriented approach of political historiography. With its convincing thesis and its richness in pictorial evidence, this work will be of great value to the teachers and students of interdisciplinary courses on early European cultural history.'Karl A. Zaenker, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia.

• List of Illustrations List of Maps Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Pt. A History and the Archeological Evidence 7 I Northern Central Europe 7 II Central Germary 23 III Western Central Europe 35 IV Southern Central Europe 54 V Eastern Central Europe 75 VI The archeological evidence 95 Pt. B Archeology and the Socio-Cultural Evidence 115 a The Thuringians 115 b Armaments 118 c The Bavarians 121 d Ornaments 124 e The Alemans 131 f Burial and the sense of property 137 g Christianity 148 h The Franks - princely burials 149 i The Lombards - representations of legitimacy 168 Pt. C Industry and the Portable Arts 171 a Pottery, glass and stone 173 b Personal ornaments 180 Conclusion 241 Selected Bibliography 245 Index 251