ISBN:
9781501752124
,
9781501753336
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 223 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Neuschel, Kristen Brooke, 1951- Living by the sword
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Neuschel, Kristen Brooke, 1951 - Living by the sword
DDC:
306.2/709410902
Keywords:
Swords History
;
Swords Social aspects
;
History
;
Swords History
;
Swords Social aspects
;
History
;
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
;
Swords
;
History
;
France
;
Great Britain
;
Großbritannien
;
Frankreich
;
Schwert
;
Waffe
;
Geschichte 600-1600
Abstract:
Introduction: What Do Swords Mean? -- Swords and Oral Culture in the Early Middle Ages -- Swords and Chivalric Culture in the High Middle Ages -- Swords, Clothing and Armor in the Late Middle Ages -- Swords and Documents in the Sixteenth Century.
Abstract:
"This book analyzes the way swords were collected, used, shared, and valued by warrior elites in France and Britain for over 1,000 years, from ca 500 to 1600"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 191-217
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