Records of the Medieval Sword - Softcover

Oakeshott, Ewart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851155669 ISBN 13: 9780851155661

Publisher: Boydell Press, 1991

Synopsis

Forty years of intensive research into the specialised subject of the straight two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages are contained in this classic study.
Spanning the period from the great migrations to the Renaissance, Ewart Oakeshott emphasises the original purpose of the sword as an intensely intimate accessory of great significance and mystique. There are over 400 photographs and drawings, each fully annotated and described in detail, supported by a long introductory chapter with diagrams of the typological framework first presented in The Archaeology of Weapons and further elaborated in The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.
There are appendices on inlaid blade inscriptions, scientific dating, the swordsmith's art, and a sword of Edward III.
Reprinted as part of Boydell's History of the Sword series.

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Synopsis:

An extensive and thorough study of the origins, development and usage of the glamorous two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, with a complete typology. Spanning the period from the great migrations to the Renaissance, this book presents a selection from a very large body of photographs and research and gives a full and detailed record of the swords of that turbulent time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0851155669
• ISBN 13: 9780851155661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316