Download or read book The Lords of Battle written by Stephen S. Evans and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In examining the image of the "comitatus", or war-band, as it is portrayed in literary and historical sources from Britain's early-medieval period, this work attempts to determine the extent to which this image reflects an historical reality.