The Sword and the Crucible

A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords up to the 16th Century

Cover Art for 9789004227835, The Sword and the Crucible by Alan Williams
ISBN: 9789004227835
Publisher: Brill
Published: 3 May, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Links Australian Libraries (Trove)

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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