Assertion: sword | /r/HasProperty | expensive
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in the early middle ages
type: TEMPORAL
value: comparatively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The limits of metalworking meant that swords were initially expensive, conferring status on their owners.
text: Swords were very costly to make, and a sign of high status.
text: Swords were still comparatively costly weapons, although not as exclusive as during the Merovingian period, and in Charlemagne's capitularies, only members of the cavalry, who could afford to own and maintain a warhorse, were required to be equipped with swords.
text: The sword was an expensive weapon and therefore much effort was put into decorating its handle.
text: swords were more expensive to make and only wealthy warriors could afford them.
text: In the early Middle Ages, swords were expensive and were a sign of high status.
text: However, the craftsmanship involved in making them meant that they were extremely expensive, so they were likely to be the most valuable item that a Viking owned.
text: Swords were very costly to make, and a sign of high status.