The Sword and the Crucible —— A History of the Metallurgy of European Swords up to the 16th Century

----- 剑与坩埚：至16世纪欧洲剑的冶金史

ISBN: 9789004227835 出版年：2012 页码：300 Alan Williams Brill

The sword was the most important of weapons, but relatively little has been written about its metallurgy. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords are used to tell the story of the making of swords from the first examples through the Middle Ages to the 16th century.