Bibliography

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Used for minor details on fencing and swords.

Armour, Richard. It All Started with Stones and Clubs. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.

A rather comical approach to the evolution of swords, this was helpful despite its mocking tone.

Bennet, Eric. Personal Interview.16 Nov. 2003

Kendo Practioner with information about kendo. It was used in the section
about kendo.

Binck, Jean. "European Swords." July 2003. 26 November 2003. http://users.skynet.be/euro-swords/

Another site for the display and sale of artificial and remade swords, this had some interesting pictures and useful information about the style and technology of swords.

Clemens, John. Medieval Swordsmanship. Paladin Press: Boulder, Colorado, 1998.

This had interesting information on the discussions between the author and some famous sword gurus. It helped with the Evolution and Technology pages.

Used for a large portion of notes and information, used details for many sections on our website. Information gathered about types of swords.

Fenech, Selina “How Sword Smithing Works”, “Parts of a Sword”, “Types of Swords” 10 December 2003 www.SelinaFenech.com/swords

Used mostly for information on different parts of a sword, but also for minor details on sword history and how a sword is made. Also used for information on different types of swords.

Gray, Bruce. "'Fencing' Fine Arts Sports Photography by Bruce Gray." http://www.brucegray.com/htmlfolder/html_subpages/fencing.html

This was a photographer's web site, from which we took a fencing photo.

Hazen, Dr. Bill. Interview. 7 December 2003.

Dr. Hazen is a friend of Erin's grandmother, and had gotten a Japanese sword during the time when they were being collected and destroyed. He helped greatly with our questions about swords and this project itself.

Hellqvist, Bjorn. "The Sword of Charlemagne." 2001. Bjorn's svardssida. http://bjorn.foxtail.nu/swords.htm

This had a very detailed overview of the Sword of Charlemagne in addition to information on the king himself and the different theories on the authenticity of his sword. It was used to help write the Famous Swords in History page.

Hildinger, Erik. Warriors of the Steppe. New York: Sarpedon, 1997.

This was extremely useful for the Evolution of Swords page and, obviously, the page about the Mongols.

Hoffman, Kevin. "General Grant Sword." 30 December 2003. Civil War Preservations. http://www.civilwarpreservations.com/newmus33.html

Though lacking in important information, this site provided a picture of an ornamental sword hilt Ulysses S. Grant presented to Colonel Horace Wilson in 1874.

Important Japanese Swords and Sword Furniture and Works of Art. New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, 1980.

This was an interesting book that turned out to be a catalog of Japanese swords and sword parts for sale. It provided lots of interesting pictures.

"Information on various dragon swords." 26 November 2003. http://www.dragoninformation.com/dragon-swords.html

This had a great timeline of the Japanese evolution of swords, plus information on Excalibur and other literary swords.

Lee, Bruce. Jeet Kune Do. Boston: Charles E. Tuttle company, 1997.

A book about Bruce Lee’s commentary on the martial way with several
references to kendo. The information was used in the section about kendo.

Lee, Bruce. The Art of Expressing the Human Body. Boston: Tuttle Publishing,
1998.

A book about Bruce Lee’s commemtary on the martial way with references to
kendo and fencing. It was used in the sections about kendo and fencing.

Mason, Ted. Personal Interview. 9 November 2003.

He is a kendo teacher and sword collector with extensive knowledge
of kendo.

Millard, Dr. Anne. Going to War in Ancient Egypt. Franklin Watts, 2000.

The information in this book was quite helpful, with the added help of drawings and descriptions of the swords used in Egypt.

Mitchell, David. Superguides: Martial Arts. New York: Dorling Kindersley
Publishing, Inc., 2000.

This book has information on several martial arts including kendo. Some
information was used in the section on kendo.

Ratti, Oscar and Adele Westbrook. Secrets of the Samurai A Survey of the
Martial Arts of Feudal Japan. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1073.

This book has information on the martial arts of feudal Japan
including kendo and kenjutsu. This information was used in the section about
kendo.

Reid, Howard and Michael Croucher. The Way of the Warrior. New York: the
Overlook press, 1995.

This book has information on several sword martial arts. It was
helpful particularily in the history of kendo.

"Richard the Lionheart Massacres the Saracens, 1191." EyeWitness to History. 30 December 2003. www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2001).

This site provided information on Richard the Lionheart's attack on Saladin in 1191 (as is suggested by the title).

"Richard the Lionheart Sword!" Replica Guns and Swords. 30 December 2003. http://shop.store.yahoo.com/gun-sword/aac-158.html

Despite the fact that this site was only interested in selling its "Richard the Lionheart Sword," it provided a brief description of Richard the Lionheart that was surprisingly packed with information.

Robinson, B. W. The Arts of the Japanese Sword. London: Faber and Faber, 1961.

This gave an overview of Japanese swords in art and literature, in addition to showing many pictures of various swords.

Robertson, Lauren. The Best Book of Martial Arts. New York: Kingfisher
Publication, 2002.

This book has information on several martial arts, including kendo. The
information was used in the section about kendo.

Sato, Kanzan. The Japanese Sword A Comprehensive Guide. New York: Kodansha International, 1996.

This book is about Japanese swords in the history and was helpful
in the history of swords.

Shimabukuro, Masayuki and Leonard J. Pellman. Flashing Steel. California:
Frog Limited, 1995.

This book is about Eishin-ryu swordsmanship and it was used in the section
about kendo, particularly in the history of kendo.

Simonian, Charles. Basic Foil Fencing. 4th ed. Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1982.

Though this was a book designed to teach fencing, it had a section on the history of the sport that gave a lot of good information we used in the Evolution of Swords.

Used for minor details about Japanese swords.

Stevens, John. The Shambhala Guide to Aikido. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996.

This book is about Aikido with several references to kendo and it was used in
the section about kendo.

"Swords and Fighting." Kirkpatrick of Rannoch. 26 November 2003. http://pages.eidosnet.co.uk/~kirkpatrick/doc3.html

Yet another site for the sale of artificial swords, this one differed in its detailed explanation of the evolution of swords. It summarized well what we put in our own page on the subject.

"Sword." Wikipedia Encyclopedia. 19 Nov 2003. Wikipedia. 28 Nov 2003. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sword

This was probably the most useful site we found. It listed all the main types of swords and swordsmanship, in addition to interesting anecdotes about swords.

"The Sword of William Wallace." February 2000. Gathering of the Clans. 29 December 2003. http://www.tartans.com/articles/wallacewilliamsword.html

This explained in detail the history of this sword, which helped us write the Famous Swords in History page.

Tokeshi, Jinichi. Kendo. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003.

This book is about the rules and philosophy of kendo and the information was
used in the section about kendo.

"Weapons and Armor." Guild of St. Michael. 1 May 2002. 28 November 2003. http://www.st-mike.org/groups/academy/weapons.html

Though missing the first few centuries of sword evolution, this site has a detailed description of the crossover from swords to firearms.

West, C. E. and F. W. Seal. Famous Samurai. 1996. http://www.samurai-
archives.com/ 14 November 2003.

This website has information on several famous samurai and the information
was used in the section on famous swordsman.