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4 hours agoHow Did a Chinese Sword End Up on a French Crusader's Tomb? The Secret of the d'Aluye Knight - Medievalists.net
The tomb effigy of a French crusader from the thirteenth century preserves a surprising secret: a carved copy of a Chinese sword which belonged to the knight. The question of how a Chinese sword ended up on the tomb has fascinated scholars for decades. It is a story that speaks to the influence of global travel, crusading warfare, trade and plunder, inviting us to reconsider the Middle Ages as more globally connected than often imagined.
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