Blade weapon. Story. Design. The Art of Ownership

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Blade weapon. Story. Design. The Art of Ownership

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The history of the evolution of bladed weapons used by swordsmen is the history of a huge family of their varieties, including khopeshes, xiphos, mahairs, kopis, falcats, gladiuses, spats, broadswords, falchions, one and a half and two-handed swords, messers, dussaks, bokkens, rapiers, estoks , daggers, swords, as well as details of armor. In a sense, swords (the collective term) are works of art, and the best examples of them are presented in the book. The authoritative Western expert Mike Loads places the story of these samples in a broad historical context, highlighting the main milestones in the history of wars and duels. In all its formidable beauty, Egyptian, Greek, Celtic and Roman swords, swords of the peoples of the north and the Crusaders, dueling weapons, swords of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, King of the East Angles Redwald, King Henry V of England, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Maximilian I, samurai Uesugi Kenshin , King Henry IV of France, Lord Protector of England Oliver Cromwell, the first US President George Washington and, finally, the weapons of the Battle of Waterloo and the American Civil War. An integral feature of the narrative is information about the process of making swords and technical progress, about the evolution of the art of fencing, about changing styles and techniques, about the areas of use of swords (combat, mourning, ceremonial, swords for execution, and others), about the symbolic meaning of the sword. The publication is supplied with many luxurious color and black-and-white illustrations, many of which are published for the first time, a glossary and an index, and will undoubtedly interest everyone who is passionate about the history of weapons and fencing.

Publication language: Russian

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