« Les boucliers de paix » et les « boucliers de guerre » dans la littérature norroise : invention littéraire ou réalité matérielle ?
The legendary sagas and the chivalric sagas often mention the use by Scandinavian armies of a “war shield” (herskjöldr) and a “peace shield” (friðskjöldr), the first one symbolizing their warlike intentions and the second one being on the contrary a sign of their wish to stop fighting. These objects...
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2016-11-01
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| Series: | Tabularia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2703 |