The Perfect Sword Forging the Dark Ages

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9781780277844
  • 03 november 2022
  • 288 pagina's
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This is the story of the Bamburgh Sword – one of the finest swords ever made. Alongside that, it gives a fascinating insight into the world of experimental archaeology – where archaeologists attempt to recreate an artefact or structure of the past using only the technologies and materials available at the time.





The story of the Bamburgh Sword – one of the finest swords ever forged.

In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a suitcase for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that the sword had more to tell than appeared, so he sent it for specialist tests. When the results came back, he realised that what he had in his possession was possibly the finest, and certainly the most complex, sword ever made, which had been forged in seventh-century Northumberland by an anonymous swordsmith.

This is the story of the Bamburgh Sword – of how and why it was made, who made it and what it meant to the warriors and kings who wielded it over three centuries. It is also the remarkable story of the archaeologists and swordsmiths who found, studied and attempted to recreate the weapon using only the materials and technologies available to the original smith.

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03 november 2022
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288

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Hoofdauteur
Paul Gething
Tweede Auteur
Edoardo Albert
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Birlinn Ltd

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156 mm
Product hoogte
26 mm
Product lengte
234 mm
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156 mm
Verpakking hoogte
26 mm
Verpakking lengte
234 mm
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506 g

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