Название: The Sword: Form and Thought (Armour and Weapons)
Автор: Lisa Deutscher, Mirjam Kaiser, Sixt Wetzler
Издательство: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1783274271
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 296
Размер: 72,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
The sword is the most iconic of all weapons. Throughout history, it has connected various, sometimes conflicting, dimensions of human culture: physical combat and representation of political power, definition of gender roles and refinement of body techniques, evolution of craftsmanship and mythological symbolism.