One of the first serious studies of the Anglo-Saxon sword, comparing
the literary and archaeological records, examining the physical nature
of the swords and their accessories in some detail, and including an
early example of experimental archaeology, a successful attempt to
recreate the pattern welded swords of the period, a lost technique until
then. Does a really good job of linking the surviving swords to their
literary cousins, suggesting that the language used to describe swords
was accurate
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