| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 272 pages) : illustrations |
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Armour and Weapons Ser. ; v. Volume 9 |
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Armour and weapons.
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| Contents |
"What is the riddle of steel?": problems of classification and terminology in the study of late medieval swords / Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis -- Challenging typologies: swords in the Utrecht Psalter / Stefan Mäder -- "...schirmen mit Federklingen": towards a terminology of fencing swords (1400-1600) / Daniel Jaquet -- Phosphoric iron and welded patterns: the reconstruction of an early medieval sword from Beckum / Ulrich Lehmann, Stevan Roth and claus Lipka -- Material and properties of VLFBERHT swords / Ingo Petri -- A sword from the Rhine: restoration, examination and classification of a chance find / Holger Becker -- The highest art of smithery: research on a Tyrolean sword / Florian Messner and Ulrike Töchterle -- The battle for glory: form and function of early Nordic Bronze Age swords / Jan-Heinrich Bunnefeld -- The iron sword from the "Warrior's Grave" in Lanuvium / Fabrizio Savi -- The swords of the italic kings / Vincenzo d'Ercole -- Three treasures in one blade: thoughts on a rare form of the Japanese sword / Michael Mattner -- ".j. veel feble fauchon dil anxien temps." The selection of the Falchion as symbol of tenure: form, function and symbolism / Robert W. Jones -- 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 / Nicole Mölk -- Researching Bronze Age swordsmanship: experiments and wear analysis / Raphael Hermann, Andrea Dolfini, Rachel J. Crellin and Marion Uckelmann -- Egenolff's fight book: form and thought, then and now / Matthias Johannes Bauer -- A sword for a system: the pattern 1796 light cavalry sword / Henry Yallop |
| Summary |
The sword is the most iconic of all weapons. Throughout history, it has connected various, sometimes conflicting, dimensions of human culture: physical combat and representation of political power, definition of gender roles and refinement of body techniques, evolution of craftsmanship and mythological symbolism. The articles collected here explore these dimensions, from a variety of disciplines, among them archaeology, medieval history, museum conservation, and linguistics. They cover topics from the production and combat use of Bronze Age swords via medieval fencing culture to the employment of the sword in modern military. They question traditional sword typologies and wide-spread theories about sword making, discuss medieval sword terminology and the use of swords as royal insignia, and describe the scientific methods for approaching original finds. Arising from an international conference held at Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen (the German Blade Museum), the volume provides fresh insights into the forms the sword can take, and the thoughts it inspires. LISA DEUTSCHER and MIRJAM E. KAISER work in prehistoric archaeology, specialising in La Tène and Bronze Age swords, respectively. SIXT WETZLER is the deputy director of the German Blade Museum; his research focuses on the history of edged weapons, and their use |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-262) and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2021) |
| Subject |
Swords -- History -- Congresses
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Swordplay -- History -- Congresses
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Swordplay
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Swords
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Deutscher, Lisa, editor
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Kaiser, Mirjam, editor.
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Wetzler, Sixt, editor
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| ISBN |
9781787444805 |
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1787444805 |
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