Forty years of intensive research into the specialised subject of the straight two-edged knightly Sword of the European middle ages are contained in this classic study.
There are over 400 photographs and drawings, each fully annotated and described in detail, supported by a long introductory chapter w.
Spanning the period from the great migrations to the Renaissance, Ewart Oakeshott emphasises the original purpose of the Sword as an intensely intimate accessory of great significance and mystique.
Forty years of intensive research into the specialised subject of the straight two-edged knightly Sword of the European middle ages are contained in this classic study