Biography
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 of the Arms and Armour Society, and the Founder of the Oakeshott Institute. He created a classification system of the medieval sword, the Oakeshott typology, a systematic organization of medieval weaponry.
Books by Ewart Oakeshott
Archaeology of Weapons
Swords of the Viking Age
Sword in Hand:
Knight and His Weapons
Knight and His Weapons
A Knight and His Armor
Records of the Medieval Sword
European Weapons and Armour
Dark age warrior
A Knight in Battle
A knight and his castle
A knight and his weapons
The sword in the age of chivalry
A knight and his horse
A knight and his armour
The archaeology of weapons