Ninth to mid-sixteenth century swords from the Czech Republic in their european context Part 1 The Finds / Jiří Hošek, Jiří Košta, Petr Žákovský

This book is the first part of a two-volume monograph, which is focused on documentation, analysis and interpretation of swords from the turn of the 9th century to the mid-16th century in what is now the Czech Republic, and on their assessment in the context of contemporary European swords. This volume aims to provide both a systematic inventory of these medieval and Early Renaissance swords and information connected with them. The most essential part is a comprehensive catalogue of 430 swords or sword fragments, which are historically linked to the territory of the Czech Republic (the swords were found there, they come from Czech and Moravian collections, items of which are most likely to be of a local origin, or they are nowadays deposited abroad although they are certainly of Czech or Moravian origin). Part I: the finds Part II: swords of medieval and early Renaissance Europe as a technological and archaeological source