Original scientific paper

Type K Carolingian Swords

Goran Bilogrivić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History

Abstract

Long double-edged swords are among the most important
Carolingian finds from the territory of the early medieval
Croatian principality and the neighbouring sclaviniae.
Most of them – over half of the original number – are type K
according to Petersen’s typology. Even though these swords
have been examined many times both in the domestic and
foreign literature, there is still much room of a new consideration
of them. During the time that has elapsed since Z.
Vinski published the last works on this topic, several major
foreign works on early medieval swords appeared that
were neglected in the domestic scholarly literature. Some
important details on individual finds from Croatia also
emerged which remain unknown in the foreign literature.
This works encompasses all previously published type K
swords from the wider territory of medieval Croatia, and
all foreign finds gathered on the basis of available sources.
In addition to an overview of the research and a typological
analysis based on sword hilts, there is also a consideration of blades and a discussion of the origin and role of
swords, above all in early medieval Croatia.

Keywords

type K swords; Early Middle Ages; Croatia; Carolingians

Hrčak ID:

60883

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/60883

Publication date:

1.9.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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