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Reviewed by Lafayette C Curtis on Jul 30, 2012.



Records of the Medieval Sword
by Ewart Oakeshott

Forty years of intensive research into the specialised subject of the straight two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages are contained in this study. ...

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Reviewed by Lafayette C Curtis
It could have been an even better book if it had included a detailed exposition the latest revised version of Oakeshott's typology. However, the book is already an amazing resource as it is, and I know I spend far too much time ogling the pictures of the many swords depicted therein.
—Updated Jul 30, 2012









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