The sword and the crucible : a history of the metallurgy of European swords up to the 16th century /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2012
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| Series: | History of warfare.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
