UID:
edocfu_9960118349202883
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 272 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78744-480-5
Series Statement:
Armour and weapons
Content:
A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021).
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Illustrations --
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Acknowledgements --
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Foreword --
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Preface --
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List of Contributors --
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I Typology --
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1 “What is the Riddle of Steel?”: Problems of Classification and Terminology in the Study of Late Medieval Swords --
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2 Challenging Typologies: Swords in the Utrecht Psalter --
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3 “… schirmen mit Federklingen”: Towards a Terminology of Fencing Swords (1400–1600) --
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II Metallurgy and Production --
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4 Phosphoric Iron and Welded Patterns: The Reconstruction of an Early Medieval Sword from Beckum --
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5 Material and Properties of VLFBERHT Swords --
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6 A Sword from the Rhine: Restoration, Examination and Classification of a Chance Find --
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7 The Highest Art of Smithery: Research on a Tyrolean Sword --
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III Symbolic Meaning and Cultural Perception --
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8 The Battle for Glory: Form and Function of Early Nordic Bronze Age Swords --
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9 The Iron Sword from the “Warrior’s Grave” in Lanuvium --
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10 The Swords of the Italic Kings --
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11 Three Treasures in One Blade: Thoughts on a Rare Form of the Japanese Sword --
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12 “.j. veel feble fauchon dil anxien temps.” The Selection of the Falchion as Symbol of Tenure: Form, Function and Symbolism --
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13 The Way of the Northmen: The Development of the Norman Sword from Duke Rollo in Normandy to Emperor Frederick II in Sicily from the Tenth to the Thirteenth Century --
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IV Fighting and Swordsmanship --
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14 Researching Bronze Age Swordsmanship: Experiments and Wear Analysis --
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15 Egenolff ’s Fight Book: Form and Thought, Then and Now --
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16 A Sword for a System: The Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Sword --
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Bibliography --
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Index of People --
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Index of Places --
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General Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78327-427-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781787444805
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