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The Sword in the Age of Chivalry by Ewart Oakeshott; with drawings by the author is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Sword in the Age of Chivalry about?

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 Middle Ages was an object of vital importance, a lethal weapon on the battlefield and a badge of chivalry in that complex social code. Ewart Oakeshott draws on his extensive research and expert eye (and hand, for he has a special sense for the feel of a sword) to develop a typology for and recount the history of the sword, from the knightly successors of the Viking weapon to the emergence of the Renaissance sword - that is, roughly from 1050 to 1550. Within this time-span, two distinct groups of swords successively evolved. Problems of dating are acute, and evidence is adduced from literature and art as well as from archaeology, for a sword (or some parts of a sword) could have been in use several generations after it first saw battle. To deal with such overlap, Ewart Oakeshott develops and refines a detailed typology of swords which takes in entire swords, pommel-forms, cross-guards, and the grip and scabbard. Extensive reference to specific weapons is accompanied on the page by line illustrations and a further 48 pages of

Who reads The Sword in the Age of Chivalry?

Author

Ewart Oakeshott; with drawings by the author

Publisher

Boydell & Brewer Inc

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780851157153

Category

history

Subjects

Engineering, Military, History

Rating

4.8 / 5 (70 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14