If you type Scandinavia and swords into a search engine, you get…Vikings! No surprise there.
Honestly, though, I could use some weapons references for Norway (Scandinavia in general is also fine) from the 12th to 17th centuries, to see if anything is particularly interesting.
If you know of any books of this type, weigh in. I’m not afraid of this kind of research. You should see all the reading I did on wrestling for Hulk Hercules.
At any rate, if you’ve got good suggestions, I’m listening. Or if you know good people I can contact, let me know too.
Cath
Issue 17 of the comic book Northlanders dissects a Viking swordfight with lots of good technical grit.
Thank you, Sean. I’ll look into it. How old is the comic?
Maybe a year ago, a little less — I just looked up the collected volumes, and it’s in the third, Blood In The Snow. The description of the volume sounds as if it has a lot more research-oriented material in it.
If you dig this stuff, the Warren Ellis-scripted Crecy is one of my all-time favorite comics, and I am a comics freak.
Oh, and you might hunt down some Society for Creative Anachronism/Ren Faire-types. There are people out there who are crazy for that kind of thing.