Mad Warrior Berserk


Berserk

Berserks, mad warriors scorning wounds and death, constituted an Indo-European warrior style on the same order as wolf-warriors. This study traces their history as far as we can know it, from Mesopotamia to Iceland, from 1300 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Making use of new archaeological and literary sources, the study shows berserks to be a long-lived, cross-cultural phenomenon that lends color and coherence to the early millennia of recorded history.

Berserks: A History of Indo-European “Mad Warriors”, Journal of World History – Volume 13, Number 2, Fall 2002, pp. 253-290

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