Medieval swords in Iceland. 13 swords from 1100-1600

Medieval Icelandic swords have received relatively little attention. The period 1100-1600 is the main focus of this research. Surviving swords from this period along with a variety of other resources were used to try to determine whether the swords preserved can indicate anything about how common sw...

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Main Author: Jóhann Gunnar Malmquist 1992-
Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1946/21246
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spelling ftskemman:oai:skemman.is:1946/21246 2023-05-15T16:47:25+02:00 Medieval swords in Iceland. 13 swords from 1100-1600 Jóhann Gunnar Malmquist 1992- Háskóli Íslands 2015-05 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1946/21246 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1946/21246 Fornleifafræði Thesis Bachelor's 2015 ftskemman 2022-12-11T06:58:01Z Medieval Icelandic swords have received relatively little attention. The period 1100-1600 is the main focus of this research. Surviving swords from this period along with a variety of other resources were used to try to determine whether the swords preserved can indicate anything about how common swords in Iceland actually were. Many might dismiss this as a result of Icelandic society never needing any weapons. The aim of this thesis is to try to cast some light on the preserved swords provenance while providing some long overdue data and information on the swords from 1100-1600. Íslensk sverð hafa fengið tiltölulega litla athygli. Megináhersan er lögð á tímabiðið frá 1100 til 1600 í þessari rannsókn. Sverð frá þessu tímabili ásamt ýmsum öðrum heimildum voru notuð til að reyna að ákveða og skýra alengi og umfang sverða á Íslandi. Markmiðið er að reyna að gefa skýrari hugmynd um hvar sverðin eru niðurkomin ásmt því að safna saman upplýsingum um þau sverð sem eru varðveitt á Íslandi frá árunum 1100 til 1600. Thesis Iceland Skemman (Iceland)
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Medieval swords in Iceland. 13 swords from 1100-1600
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description Medieval Icelandic swords have received relatively little attention. The period 1100-1600 is the main focus of this research. Surviving swords from this period along with a variety of other resources were used to try to determine whether the swords preserved can indicate anything about how common swords in Iceland actually were. Many might dismiss this as a result of Icelandic society never needing any weapons. The aim of this thesis is to try to cast some light on the preserved swords provenance while providing some long overdue data and information on the swords from 1100-1600. Íslensk sverð hafa fengið tiltölulega litla athygli. Megináhersan er lögð á tímabiðið frá 1100 til 1600 í þessari rannsókn. Sverð frá þessu tímabili ásamt ýmsum öðrum heimildum voru notuð til að reyna að ákveða og skýra alengi og umfang sverða á Íslandi. Markmiðið er að reyna að gefa skýrari hugmynd um hvar sverðin eru niðurkomin ásmt því að safna saman upplýsingum um þau sverð sem eru varðveitt á Íslandi frá árunum 1100 til 1600.
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title_short Medieval swords in Iceland. 13 swords from 1100-1600
title_full Medieval swords in Iceland. 13 swords from 1100-1600
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