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Language: en
Pages: 170
Pages: 170
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Boydell Press
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 i
Language: en
Pages: 702
Pages: 702
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher:
Language: en
Pages: 225
Pages: 225
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-29 - Publisher: The History Press
Martial Arts researcher Antony Cummins reveals the hitherto hidden world of Viking hand-to-hand combat, which employed the sword, the spear, the axe and the shi
Language: en
Pages: 300
Pages: 300
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-03 - Publisher: BRILL
The sword was the most important of weapons, the symbol of the warrior, not to mention the badge of a officer and a gentleman. Much has been written about the a
Language: en
Pages: 212
Pages: 212
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Boydell Press
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