{"product_id":"the-sword-in-the-age-of-chivalry-9780851153629","title":"The Sword in the Age of Chivalry","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sword in the Age of Chivalry\u003c\/strong\u003e by Oakeshott, Ewart. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780851153629.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resplendent image of the medieval knight is concentrated in the symbolism of his sword. The straight, two-edged, cross-hilted knightly sword of the European Middle Ages was an object of vital importance, a lethal weapon on the battlefield and a badge of chivalry in that complex social code. Ewart Oakeshott draws on his extensive research and expert eye (and hand, for he has a special sense for the feel of a sword) to develop a typology for and recount the history of the sword, from the knightly successors of the Viking weapon to the emergence of the Renaissance sword - that is, roughly from 1050 to 1550. Within this time-span, two distinct groups of swords successively evolved. Problems of dating are acute, and evidence is adduced from literature and art as well as from archaeology, for a sword (or some parts of a sword) could have been in use several generations after it first saw battle. To deal with such overlap, Ewart Oakeshott develops and refines a detailed typology of swords which takes in entire swords, pommel-forms, cross-guards, and the grip and scabbard. Extensive reference to specific weapons is accompanied on the page by line illustrations and a further 48 pages of photographs illustrate over a hundred splendid weapons or parts of weapons, accompanied by detailed captions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: Boydell Brewer Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45113231802421,"sku":"ByrdShop_0851153623","price":451.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780851153629_e4a7d2da-6f46-4dff-86d2-96fcca988a66.jpg?v=1776447336","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sword-in-the-age-of-chivalry-9780851153629","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}