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Sharpen your knowledge of swords with Kristen B. Neuschel as she takes you through a captivating 1,000 years of French and English history. Living by the Sword reveals that warrior culture, with the sword as its ultimate symbol, was deeply rooted in ritual long before the introduction of gunpowder weapons transformed the battlefield.Neuschel argues that objects have agency and that decoding their meaning involves seeing them in motion: bought, sold, exchanged, refurbished, written about, displayed, and used in ceremony. Drawing on evidence about swords (from wills, inventories, records of armories, and treasuries) in the possession of nobles and royalty, she explores the meanings people attached to them from the contexts in which they appeared. These environments included other prestige goods such as tapestries, jewels, and tableware-all used to construct and display status.Living by the Sword draws on an exciting diversity of sources from archaeology, military and social history, literature, and material culture studies to inspire students and educated lay readers (including collectors and reenactors) to stretch the boundaries of what they know as the "war and culture" genre.

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Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 novembre 2020

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781501752148

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

6 Mo

 LIVING BY THE SWORD

LIVINGBYTHE SWORD WE APONS AND n MAT E RI AL CULT URE I N F RANCE AND BRI TAI N, 600–1600

K r i s te n B . N e u s c h e l

CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESSIthaca and London

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Firstpublished2020byCornellUniversityPress

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LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Names:Neuschel,KristenBrooke,1951–author. Title:Livingbythesword:weaponsandmaterialculture inFranceandBritain,600–1600/KristenB.Neuschel. Description:Ithaca,[NewYork]:CornellUniversityPress, 2020.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2020003683(print)|LCCN2020003684 (ebook)|ISBN9781501753336(hardcover)| ISBN9781501752124(paperback)|ISBN9781501752131 (ebook)|ISBN9781501752148(pdf) Subjects:LCSH:Swords—France—History.|Swords—Social aspects—France—History.|Swords—GreatBritain— History.|Swords—Socialaspects—GreatBritain—History. Classification:LCCU856.E85N482020(print)| LCCU856.E85(ebook)|DDC306.2/709410902—dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020003683 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020003684

ForAlan,Jesse,andRachel

 Co nt e nt s

List of Illustrationsix Preface and Acknowledgmentsxi Note on Translations and Spellingxiii

Introduction:WhatDoSwordsMean?1. Swords and Oral Culture in the Early Middle Ages2. Swords and Chivalric Culture in the High Middle Ages3. Swords, Clothing, and Armor in the Late Middle Ages4. Swords and Documents in the Sixteenth Century Conclusion

Abbreviations167 Notes169 Bibliography191 Index219

129 160

I.1 1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3

 I l lu s t r at i o n s

Sixteenthcentury swordsA blade incised with runes, tenth centuryA personal seal displays sword and bannerSymbols of rule, ca. 1000The naked blade on King John’s tomb“Charlemagne’s” swordNew fashion for menKing Charles and his personal signsVarieties of late medieval bladesFighting on foot in a tournamentHans Holbein’sThe Ambassadors, detailTwo sixteenthcentury swordsSwords in action at midcentury

ColorPlates1. The artistry of Sutton Hoo artifacts2. The sword as scepter3. A knight’s symbolic array4. Hans Holbein’sThe Ambassadors

5 54 66 70 72 75 95 99 106 124 133 143 149

29 68 119 130

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