The Sword at the Wedding
1960; Routledge; Volume: 71; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/0015587x.1960.9717209
ISSN1469-8315
Autores ResumoFROM the close of the Roman period in North-western Europe, the long two-edged sword was the weapon of princes and adventurers, the warrior's most cherished possession which must always be ready to hand. The sword was carried by kings and leaders and given out by them to their followers in return for service in battle, and consequently it became a powerful emotive symbol in prose and poetry, the pledge of loyalty between the warrior and his lord. This aspect of the sword I have dealt with in detail elsewhere,' and I propose here to discuss the importance of the sword as a symbol of a different kind, that of the continuity of the family.
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