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broadaxe · 13th September 2009, 08:39 AM

Are you talking about this sword?
http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/gaddi...magneSword.jpg

This one cannot have been belonged to Charlemagne, as the hilt is far later and attributed to the late Viking/Norse style of the 13th c.

13th September 2009, 08:39 AM	#2
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	"Sword of Charlemagne" Are you talking about this sword? http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/gaddi...magneSword.jpg This one cannot have been belonged to Charlemagne, as the hilt is far later and attributed to the late Viking/Norse style of the 13th c.