Records of the Medieval Sword - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Records of the Medieval Sword write by Ewart Oakeshott. This book was released on 1991. Records of the Medieval Sword available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Sword in the Age of Chivalry
The Sword in the Age of Chivalry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sword in the Age of Chivalry write by Ewart Oakeshott. This book was released on 1998. The Sword in the Age of Chivalry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Resplendent image of the medieval knight is concentrated in the symbolism of his sword. The straight, two-edged, cross-hilted knightly sword of the European middle ages was an object of vital importance, a lethal weapon on the battlefield and a badge of chivalry in that complex social code. Ewart Oakeshott draws on his extensive research and expert eye (and hand, for he has a special sense for the feel of a sword) to develop a typology for and recount the history of the sword, from the knightly successors of the Viking weapon to the emergence of the Renaissance sword - that is, roughly from 1050 to 1550. Within this time-span, two distinct groups of swords successively evolved. Problems of dating are acute, and evidence is adduced from literature and art as well as from archaeology, for a sword (or some parts of a sword) could have been in use several generations after it first saw battle. To deal with such overlap, Ewart Oakeshott develops, refines and illustrates a detailed typology of swords which takes in entire swords, pommel-forms, cross-guards, and the grip and scabbard.
Records of the Medieval Sword
Records of the Medieval Sword - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Records of the Medieval Sword write by R. Ewart Oakeshott. This book was released on 1991-01-01. Records of the Medieval Sword available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Swords of the Viking Age
Swords of the Viking Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Swords of the Viking Age write by . This book was released on 2002. Swords of the Viking Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title surveys some 60 examples of swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking Age, from the mid 8th to the mid-11th century. It contains an illustrated overview of blade types and construction, pattern-welding, inscriptions and handle forms and Jan Petersen's classification.
The Archaeology of Weapons
The Archaeology of Weapons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Archaeology of Weapons write by R. Ewart Oakeshott. This book was released on 1996-01-01. The Archaeology of Weapons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. British arthority on medieval weapons surveys European arms and armor from the Bronze Age to the time of triumph of gunpowder.
