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100 1 Williams, Alan|q(Alan R.)|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
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245 14 The sword and the crucible :|ba history of the metallurgy
of European swords up to the 16th century /|cby Alan
Williams.
264 1 Leiden :|bBRILL,|c2012.
300 1 online resource (300 pages).
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490 1 History of warfare
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 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.
505 8 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.
520 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.
588 0 Print version record.
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776 08 |iPrint version:|aWilliams, Alan.|tSword and the Crucible
: A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords up to the
16th Century.|dLeiden : BRILL, ©2012|z9789004227835
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