Type K Carolingian Swords

Bilogrivić, Goran. (2009). Type K Carolingian Swords. Opuscula archaeologica, 33(1). pp. 125-182. ISSN 0473-0992

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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.

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