books.google.ca - This book on the development of the sword from its earliest forms begins with the Age of Chivalry, during which a knight's main weapons were the lance, axe, and sword - with a shield and armor used for defense. Lively accounts excerpted from such old manuscripts as 'The Ancient Method and Usage of Duels...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Sword_Through_the_Centuries.html?id=E_nSjQIszvEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Sword Through the Centuries
