The perfect sword : forging the Middle Ages
Gething, Paul2022
Book
In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left on a shelf for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that the sword had more to tell than appeared, so he sent it for further tests. When the results came back, he realised that he had in his possession what was possibly the finest, and certainly the most complex, sword ever made, which had been forged in seventh-century Northumberland by an anonymous swordsmith.This is the story of this sword: how and why it was made, who made it and what it meant to the warriors and kings who wielded it for three centuries. It is also the story of the archaeologists and swordsmiths who found, studied and attempted to recreate the sword using only the materials and technologies available to the smith who first made it.
Main title:
The perfect sword : forging the Middle Ages / Paul Gething and Edoardo Albert.
Author:
Gething, Paul, authorAlbert, Edoardo, 1963-, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2022.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (colour), maps ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781780277844 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.88942.88 GET
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3360873