Germanic Equal Arm Brooches of the Migration Period: A Study of Style, Chronology and Distribution, Including a Full Catalogue of Finds and Contexts

This work is a study of the much neglected brooch type - the “equal arm brooch”, a highly distinctive form of personal ornament – and the particular execution of an ornamental style that has only so far been found on examples from north-western Germany. The emergence of these brooches spans only the 5th century AD, and while in the beginning they were limited to the region between the rivers Elbe and Weser in north western Germany, later they are also found spread throughout many areas of E...