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Author Williams, Alan (Alan R.)

Title The sword and the crucible : a history of the metallurgy of European swords up to the 16th century / by Alan Williams.

Publication Info. Leiden : BRILL, 2012.
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Description 1 online resource (300 pages).
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Series History of warfare
History of warfare.
Contents Preface; PART ONE; THE FIRST METALS; Chapter one; The Extraction of the First Metals; Chapter two; The Smelting of Iron and the Production of Steel; Chapter three; Different Ways of Making Steel--Eastern and Western Steelmaking; PART two; THE FIRST EUROPEAN SWORDS; Chapter four; Celtic and Roman Swords; Chapter FIVE; Pattern-Welding; PART three; THE "DARK" AGES IN EUROPE; Chapter six; The Revival of Science in Europe; Chapter seven; The Survival of Technology From the Ancient World; Chapter eight; Viking-Age Swords and Their Inscriptions; PART FOUR; STEEL ARMOUR AND SWORDS.
Chapter nineThe Invention of the Blast Furnace and Finery; Chapter ten; Bloomery Steel and the Development of All-Steel Swords after 1400; Chapter eleven; The Mass-Production of Steel for Swords and Armour; Chapter twelve; The Decoration of Swords by Etching and Gilding; Chapter thirteen; Medieval European swords after 1000; Further reading; Index.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Swords -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Swords.
Europe.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Metallurgy -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Metallurgy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Williams, Alan. Sword and the Crucible : A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords up to the 16th Century. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004227835
ISBN 9789004229334 (electronic book)
9004229337 (electronic book)
9004227830
9789004227835
9781280496325 (MyiLibrary)
1280496320 (MyiLibrary)

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