The Sword in the Age of Chivalry (Repost)
Ewart Oakeshott - The Sword in the Age of Chivalry
Boydell Press | 1998 | ISBN: 0851153623, 0851157157 | English | 260 pages | PDF | 11.54 MB
Boydell Press | 1998 | ISBN: 0851153623, 0851157157 | English | 260 pages | PDF | 11.54 MB
A history and typology of the European knightly sword. Oakeshott draws on his extensive research to trace its development from the knightly successors of the Viking weapon to the emergence of the Renaissance sword, using evidence from literature and art as well as from archaeology.