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Petersen's chronology and classification of Sword hilts 187 . 

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Figure II: showing the layers of Pattern-Welded steel and different...
Figure XV: Sword of Type III with decorated Silver hilt. 123 
Figure XVI: Hilt of sword from Gravraak in Norway, with Frankish...
Figure XXIII: Petersen's chronology and classification of Sword hilts...
+10 Figure XIX: Wheeler Types I-VII and Oakeshott's VIII-IX. 191 
The Use and 'Life-Cycle' of Viking Age Swords
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This dissertation will assess the evidence present within the written and archaeological record for the use and ‘life-cycle’ of Viking age swords. The main literary area of focus shall be the sagas of the Icelanders, Beowulf, the Song of Roland and the mythology of the Viking Norse. Within this dissertation I will analyse a sample of 53 examples of...
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