Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Foreword ix
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 The Sword of Tutankhamun, Pharaoh of Egypt 1
Chapter 2 Swords of the Iron Age: Greek, Celtic, Roman 29
Chapter 3 The Sword of King Raedwald, King of the East Angles 79
Chapter 4 The Swords of the Northmen: Pirates to Crusaders 111
Chapter 5 The Sword of King Henry V, King of England 125
Chapter 6 Medieval Diversity: Bearing Swords, Backswords, Falchions and War Swords 161
Chapter 7 The Sword of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 177
Chapter 8 The Sword of Uesugi Kenshin, Samhurai Warlord 205
Chapter 9 The Sword of Honour and the Rise of the Civilian Duel 245
Chapter 10 The Sword of Henri V, King of France 273
Chapter 11 The Sword of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England 301
Chapter 12 The Gentleman's Companion: the Age of the Smallsword 327
Chapter 13 The Many Swords of George Washington: Swords in the American Revolutionary War 349
Chapter 14 The Sword of Lieutenant Henry Lane, Hussar at Waterloo 397
Chapter 15 The Swords of J.E.B. Stuart and G.A. Custer: Cavalry Generals in the American Civil War 427
Chapter 16 Epilouge 459
Glossary 471
Bibliography 483
Index 487