The Sword and the Crucible: A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords up to the 16th Century

Alan Williams

The Sword and the Crucible: A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords up to the 16th Century
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
Published
3 May 2012
Pages
292
ISBN
9789004227835

The Sword and the Crucible: A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords up to the 16th Century

Alan Williams

The sword was the most important of weapons, but relatively little has been written about its metallurgy. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords are used to tell the story of the making of swords from the first examples through the Middle Ages to the 16th century.

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