Tools, Weapons and Ornaments: Germanic Material Culture in Pre-Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750

Review '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. Product Description The book examines the link between history and archeology derived from funerary and settlement materials in early Medieval Central Europe. The evidence demonstrates that the populations located to the north of the Roman frontiers were culturally aware societies with socio-political structures. About the Author 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.