NORMAN DAGGER

NORMAN DAGGER

Sword Gallery One

16th. C. Italian Rapier
16th. C. German Mercenary
16th C. Saxon
12th. C. French Emperor
13th. C. Scottish Wallace
Elvish Medieval Fantasy

Sword Gallery Two

11th. C. Norman Conqueror
11th C. Norman
15th. C. Austrian Executioner
14th. C. Late Medieval
11th. C. Combat Sword
10th. C. Viking Sword

Sword Gallery Three

15th. C. 2-Handed Gothic
15th. C. 2-Handed Gothic "S"
13th. C. English War Sword
14th. C. English 2-Handed
15th. C. English Agincourt
5th. C. Visigoth

Imports

Norman Dagger

The Normans (also called Northmen or Norsemen) were the decendents of the Scandinavian Vikings who raided the European coastal settlements during the 8th century. Despite their eventual conversion to Christianity and their adoption of Frankish cavalry warfare during the 10th C, the Normans retained many of the traits of their Germanic ancestors. The Norman Sword, although used throughout the Medieval era, is historically bound to the Normans because of its frequent appearance in the Bayeux Tapestry: embroidery that depicts the Norman Conquest. The classical Medieval dagger, classified as type XI by Oakeshott's typology, is fitted with the traditional wheel pommel and straight guard.