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- 142,600語
- ライブラリ内の難易度
- 標準 longer sentences, everyday words
- 初版刊行年
- 1884by リチャード・フランシス・バートン
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You will enjoy this if you love arms and armour, ancient history, museum collections, metalworking, fencing, or the sharp opinions of a famous Victorian explorer.
本の内容
What if the story of one weapon could take you from a monkey pelting travellers with branches to the legions of Rome? Picture a curved wooden blade in a Cairo museum case. It carries the royal name of a pharaoh who lived more than three thousand years ago.
The Book of the Sword appeared in 1884. Its author, Richard Francis Burton, was an explorer, a linguist and a certified fencing master. He follows the blade from prehistory to the early Roman Empire, through stone, bone, wood, copper, bronze, iron and steel, and through Egypt, Assyria, India, Greece and Rome.
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- 1The sword stands for the whole human story無料
- 2Weapons begin with animals and the hand stone
- 3Stone, bone and wood shape the first blades
- 4Copper opens the age of the metal blade
- 5Bronze arrives and the sword takes its form
- 6Iron and steel complete the metal story
- 7A sword is shaped by the work it must do
- 8Egypt is the cradle of the sword and of much else
- 9The blade crosses Syria, Assyria, Persia and India
- 10Greece, Rome and the northern peoples complete the first volume
重要なポイント 1/10
The sword stands for the whole human story
Burton opens with a bold claim that the history of the sword is the history of humanity. He calls it the oldest, the most widespread and the most varied of weapons. For him the blade is a record of what people have prized, feared and hoped for.
Swords were worshipped, stored in temples and given names such as Joyeuse and Zu'l-Fikar. To surrender a sword meant submission, and to break one meant disgrace. Kissing a sword was among the highest oaths a person could take.
Burton argues that war and conquest carried arts and sciences across the world. He admits that vile hands turned the sword into a murderer, but he thinks its benefits outweigh its harm. The sword, for Burton, is a lens on the whole human past.
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What is The Book of the Sword about?
It is a history of the sword from its prehistoric origins to the early Roman Empire. Burton follows materials such as stone, copper, bronze and iron, then peoples such as the Egyptians, Assyrians, Greeks and Romans.
When was The Book of the Sword written and was it finished?
It appeared in 1884, after Burton had worked on it through the 1870s and early 1880s. It is Part One of a larger plan, and it ends with the sword among the barbarians of the Roman Empire.
What is the main message of The Book of the Sword?
Burton's message is that the sword is a mirror of human progress. It grows through successive materials and cultures, and he argues that it helped to carry arts, law and order across the ancient world.
Is The Book of the Sword easy to follow?
Each chapter has a clear topic, from first weapons to metals, shapes and nations. Illustrations, a contents list and an index help, and Burton's lively opinions and travel stories make the facts engaging.
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Burton, Richard Francis. The Book of the Sword. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-book-of-the-sword.
Burton, R. F. (2026). The book of the sword. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-book-of-the-sword (Original work published 1884)
Burton, Richard Francis. The Book of the Sword. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-book-of-the-sword.
@book{burton2026book,
author = {Burton, Richard Francis},
title = {The Book of the Sword},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-book-of-the-sword},
note = {First published 1884}
}
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