Bladed weapons. History. Design. The art of wielding
49.99 €
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Bladed weapons. History. Design. The art of wielding
49.99 €
The story of the evolution of the bladed weapons used by swordsmen is the story of a huge family of their varieties, including hopeshoes, xiphos, machaires, kopis, falcats, gladiuses, spaths, palaces, falchions, one-and-a-half-handed and two-handed swords, messers, dussacks, bokkens, rapiers, estokas, daggers, swords, and details of armor. In a certain sense, swords (a collective term) are works of art, and the book presents their best examples. Authoritative Western expert Mike Loades places the story of these specimens in a broad historical context, highlighting major milestones in the history of warfare and dueling. In all their formidable glory we see Egyptian, Greek, Celtic and Roman swords, swords of the peoples of the north and the Crusaders, dueling weapons, the swords of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, King Redwald of the East Angles, King Henry V. of England, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, samurai Uesugi Kenshin, King Henry IV of France, Lord Protector of England Oliver Cromwell, the first U.S. President George Washington and, finally, weapons from the Battle of Waterloo and the American Civil War. An integral feature of the narrative is information about the process of sword making and technical progress, the evolution of the art of swordsmanship, the changes in styles and techniques, the uses of swords (combat, mourning, ceremonial, execution swords, and others), and the symbolic meaning of the sword. The edition is equipped with a multitude of magnificent color and black-and-white illustrations, many of which are published for the first time, glossary and index, and will undoubtedly interest all those who are fascinated by the history of weapons and fencing.
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