This thesis deals with the famous Ulfberhtswords that were created in Europe during the 9–12th century. In the thesis, several researchers' own research on Ulfberhtswords and their results is addressed. The focus of the thesis is put on the swords that has been found in northern Europe and how the manufacturing technology for Ulfberhtswords came to northern Europe. The result in the thesis is that Ulfberht sword has a long history of forgery and crushed blades. The falsification of Ulfberhtsword was widely spread across the north and almost all the swords found in Nordic graves are fakes. The Nordic smiths began to manufacture Ulfberhtswords at about the same time as the genuine Ulfberhtswords gained a reputation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-446231 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Cornelsen, Christoffer |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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