Swords and swordsmen

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Loades, Mike (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military 2010.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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.