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The so-called Viking sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Viking Age. The Viking or Carolingian-era sword was a development of the Merovingian sword (more specifically, the Frankish production of swords in the 6th to 7th century, itself derived from the Roman spatha) and the Viking sword in turn gave rise to the high medieval knightly sword in the 11th to 12th centuries. ==Terminology== Although called "Viking sword", this style of sword was not in any way limited to Vikings; indeed, the center of Western European sword production at the time was in the Frankish Empire, and many of the sword blades found in Scandinavia are of Frankish manufacture, imported by trade, ransom payment or looting. Swords of the early Viking Age (8th to 9th centuries) can also be termed "Carolingian swords",〔Goran Bilogrivić, ''Carolingian Swords from Croatia – New Thoughts on an Old Topic'', Studia Universitatis Cibiniensis X (2013). V. D. Hampton, ''Viking Age Arms and Armor Originating in the Frankish Kingdom'', The Hilltop Review 4.2 (2011). Madeleine Durand-Charre, "Merovingian and Carolingian swords", ''Microstructure of Steels and Cast Irons'', Engineering Materials and Processes, Springer Science & Business Media (2013), 16ff.〕 while swords of the later Viking Age (10th to 11th centuries) blend into the category of Norman swords or the early development of the knightly sword. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viking sword」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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