Ronald Ewart Oakeshott was a British illustrator, collector, and amateur historian who wrote prodigiously on medieval arms and armour. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a Founder Member o
Jan Greve Thaulow Petersen was a Norwegian archaeologist.
Ewart Oakeshott
…renaissance swords is among his most influential and most lasting works. He has been described as the sword's "most distinguished modern commentator". Dr Jan Petersen had previously developed a typology for Viking swords consisting of twenty-six categories. Petersen's typology was simplified by Dr R. E. M. Wheeler…