"Vikings!"
In this episode, I will be discussing more sword history from the Roman through the late medieval era.
Caius Valerius Primus Sword Inscription
Image from Royal Armeries Collection at https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-52749.html
Viking Swords
Henry V's Sword
Sword Diagrams
Video Game Swords
Elder Schools V: Skyrim Imperial Sword
Dark Souls Broadsword
Dark Souls Astora's Sword
Sources mentioned in the episode
Loades, Mike, Swords and Swordsmen, Reprint edition (Pen & Sword Military, 2011).
Full list of sources
Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Sword: A History of Daggers, Sabers, and Scimitars from Ancient Times to the Modern Day, 1st edition (Skyhorse, 2014)
Thomas Laible, The Sword: Myth & Reality: Technology, History, Fighting,
Forging, Movie Swords, 1st edition (Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2015)
Oakshott, R. Ewart, Records of the Medieval Sword, Revised ed. edition (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1991).
Oakshott, R. Ewart, “The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry (London: Dover Publications, 1996).
Farrell, Scott, “Mystery Swords: Bizarre Fifteenth Century Blade Designs,” Medieval Warfare 5, no. 4 (2015): 50–52.
Christian Rollinger, “An Archaeology of Ancient Historical Video Games, in Chr. Rollinger (Ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games. Playing with the Ancient World (IMAGINES), London: Bloomsbury 2020, 19-46.,” accessed November 3, 2021, https://www.academia.edu/39647100/An_Archaeology_of_Ancient_Historical_Video_Games_in_Chr_Rollinger_ed_Classical_Antiquity_in_Video_Games_Playing_with_the_Ancient_World_IMAGINES_London_Bloomsbury_2020_19_46; “A
BREFE HISTORIE OF EUROPEAN SWORDS TO c.1600,” The Booktrap, accessed January 5, 2022,
“Broadsword,” Dark Souls Wiki, accessed January 5, 2022, https://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Broadsword;
“Imperial Sword | Elder Scrolls | Fandom,” accessed January 4, 2022, https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_Sword.