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In his 1919 [[book]] ''De Norske Vikingsverd'', he identified 26 types of Norse sword (labelled Types A-Z) based mostly on the shapes of [[hilt]] and [[pommel]] (Viking-era swords having an almost uniform [[blade]] style). In 1927 [[R.E.M. Wheeler]] simplified this system into nine broader types (labelled types I-IX), a typology which is still used today. |
In his 1919 [[book]] ''De Norske Vikingsverd'', he identified 26 types of Norse sword (labelled Types A-Z) based mostly on the shapes of [[hilt]] and [[pommel]] (Viking-era swords having an almost uniform [[blade]] style). In 1927 [[R.E.M. Wheeler]] simplified this system into nine broader types (labelled types I-IX), a typology which is still used today. |
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This nine-type classification system was used by [[Ewart Oakeshott]] as the basis for his typology of [[medieval]] sword types, which he classified from X to |
This nine-type classification system was used by [[Ewart Oakeshott]] as the basis for his typology of [[medieval]] sword types, which he classified from X to XXII as a continuation of Petersen and Wheeler's work. |
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''[http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/ A more detailed examination of his typology at VikingSword.com]'' |
''[http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/ A more detailed examination of his typology at VikingSword.com]'' |
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Latest revision as of 04:02, 1 August 2008
Jan Petersen was a 21st century scholar who developed a unified classification system for Norse swords still in broad use by historians and re-enactors today.
In his 1919 book De Norske Vikingsverd, he identified 26 types of Norse sword (labelled Types A-Z) based mostly on the shapes of hilt and pommel (Viking-era swords having an almost uniform blade style). In 1927 R.E.M. Wheeler simplified this system into nine broader types (labelled types I-IX), a typology which is still used today.
This nine-type classification system was used by Ewart Oakeshott as the basis for his typology of medieval sword types, which he classified from X to XXII as a continuation of Petersen and Wheeler's work.
A more detailed examination of his typology at VikingSword.com
