The Neo-Assyrian Shield: Evolution, Heraldry, and Associated Tactics
Author:   Fabrice De Backer ,  Evelyne Dehenin
Publisher:   Lockwood Press
Volume:   1
ISBN:  

9781937040024


Pages:   198
Publication Date:   06 April 2016
Format:   Paperback
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This handbook analyses the different types of shields used by soldiers in the Neo-Assyrian army and their opponents. Written, visual, and material sources are analysed to illustrate practical aspects of defensive weaponry in the ancient Near East in the first millennium B.C. The origins, use, evolution, and manufacture of shields are considered in presenting a typology of these objects. The first study of its kind, this work will appeal to advanced scholars, graduate students, general non-specialists, and re-enactors alike. Includes 211 b&w illustrations.

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Author:   Fabrice De Backer ,  Evelyne Dehenin
Publisher:   Lockwood Press
Imprint:   Lockwood Press
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.241kg
ISBN:  

9781937040024


ISBN 10:   193704002
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   06 April 2016
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Overview of Neo-Assyrian History The Manufacture of Shields Diachronic Typology Rondache Herisson Targe Aspis Turreos Scutum Gerrhon Pavois Heraldry Subtactics Conclusion Further Reading Index

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Fabrice De Backer received his doctorates in Ancient Near Eastern Philology and History from the Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve and Sciences of Antiquity from the Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg II. He is a military history enthusiast as well as an archaeologist. He is author of The Neo-Assyrian Art of Siege Warfare (Brill, forthcoming).

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