Knight's Sword

The Knight's Sword made its debut in the Fourth Edition of the Mini Museum. We are happy to offer a larger piece as a stand-alone item! Above: Front of the specimen card Though many battles raged throughout the "long thirteenth century" of the High Middle Ages, scholars often refer to this century as a time of relative peace. This did not mean knights could retire on their estates. Eager kings looking to extend their authority continued military campaigns to the Holy Land, and a growing professionalization of warfare all combined to keep the European knight reliant on the tools of their trade: horse, armor, and sword. Above: Detail shot of the Knight's Sword This specimen is a fragment of a knight’s sword dating to the late 13th / early 14th century CE. For the last 200 years the sword was held in a private family collection in France until acquired in the early 21st century by a private dealer of antique arms in the United Kingdom. The specimen is enclosed in an acrylic specimen jar