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Records of the Medieval Sword
Ewart Oakeshott
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Description for Records of the Medieval Sword
Paperback. The origins, development and use of the two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, from the great migrations to the Renaissance. Num Pages: 316 pages, 381 black & white illustrations, 84 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JWM; WCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1112.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851155661
SKU
V9780851155661
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99-50
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