Table of Contents

Introduction; Distribution and Typochronology of Finds: Geography of Finds; Typochronology of Finds; The Pre-Roman Period; The Roman Period and the Early Migration Period; The Migration Period and the Early Medieval Period; Blades of Type X (E. Oakeshott) and its variants; Type X, A, 1 (E. Oakeshott); Type X/Xa, A/B, 3 (E. Oakeshott); Type X/XII, B, 1/1a (E. Oakeshott); Type XI, A, 1 (E. Oakeshott); The High Medieval Period and the Late Medieval Period; Type XIIa, I, 2 (E. Oakeshott); Blade Type XIIIa (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, J, 1/2 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, I, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa/XVIa, H/H1/I, 1/7 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIIa, Z2b, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XIIa/XVIa, I/J (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, G/G3, 5 (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, H/H1, 1/2 (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, I/I1, 1/1b (E. Oakeshott); Type XVIa, T3, 9 (variant); Blade Type XVII (E. Oakeshott); Type XVII, G/H/H1, 1/2/7; Type XVII, T4/T5, 2/7; Type XIX (variant), T6, 6 (variant) (E. Oakeshott); Type XX (variant), T, 1a. Stamps, Marks and Inscriptions on the Examined Swords: The Early Medieval Period; The High Medieval Period and the Late Medieval Period; Marks on blades. Technological Examinations; Methods of obtaining iron and steel in Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Typochronology of sword blade construction; Methods of research; Classification of sword blade construction types; The Pre-Roman Period; The Roman Period and the Early Migration Period; The Migration Period and the Early Medieval Period; The High Medieval and Late Medieval Periods; Sax blades; Technology and provenance of sword blades; Technology and blade types; Technology of sword blades from the Pre-Roman Period to the Early Modern Age. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research. Appendix. Bibliography.