Swords and swordsmen
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Military
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3099276x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. The sword of Tutankhamun, pharaoh of Egypt
- Chapter 2. Swords of the Iron Age: Greek, Celtic, Roman
- Chapter 3. The sword of King Raedwald, king of the East Angles
- Chapter 4. The swords of the Northmen: pirates to crusaders
- Chapter 5. The sword of King Henry V, king of England
- Chapter 6. Medieval diversity: bearing swords, backswords, falchions and war swords
- Chapter 7. The sword of Maximilian I, Holy Roman emperor
- Chapter 8. The sword of Uesugi Kenshin, samurai warlord
- Chapter 9. The sword of Honour and the rise of the civilian duel
- Chapter 10. The sword of Henri IV, king of France
- Chapter 11. The sword of Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England
- Chapter 12. The gentleman's companion: the age of the smallsword
- Chapter 13. The many swords of George Washington: swords in the American Revolutionary War
- Chapter 14. The sword of Lieutenant Henry Lane, hussar at Waterloo
- Chapter 15. The swords of J.E.B. Stuart and G.A. Custer: cavalry generals in the American Civil War
- Chapter 16. Epilogue.
