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When we think of the typical medieval weapon everyone says the sword, but how many types of swords really existed in the Middle Ages and how did this famous weapon evolve?
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Sources and insights:
Oakeshott E., The Archeology of Weapons, Arms and Armor from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry, 1960
Oakeshott E., Record of the Medieval Sword, 1991
Oakeshott E., The Sword in the Age of Chivalry, 1994
Petersen J., De Norske Vikingsverd, 1919
Wheeler M., London and the Vikings, 1927
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Petersen - Wheeler - Oakeshott categorizations
01:40 Origins of the sword
03:12 "Viking" or Carolingian sword
05:43 Characteristics of a sword
07:17 Ulfberht Swords (Typology X, IX-X century)
08:56 Typologies XI-XIII (XI-XIV century)
12:17 Typologies XIV-XV (XIV-XV century)
14:23 Typologies XVI-XXII (XV-XVI century)
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Background music:
"Ale and Anecdotes" by Darren Curtis
"Blacksmith" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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