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  2. Classification of swords - Wikipedia

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    During the first half of the 20th century, the term "bastard sword" was used regularly to refer to this type of sword. [10] The Elizabethan long sword (cf. George Silver [32] and Joseph Swetnam) is a single-handed "cut-and-thrust" sword with a 4 ft (1.2 m) blade [23] similar to the long rapier. "Let thy (long) Rapier or (long) Sword be foure ...

  3. Longsword - Wikipedia

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    The longsword has many names in the English language, which, aside from variant spellings, include terms such as "bastard sword" and "hand-and-a-half sword." Of these, "bastard sword" is the oldest, its use being contemporaneous with the weapon's heyday. The French épée bâtarde and the English "bastard sword" originate in the 15th or 16th ...

  4. Types of swords - Wikipedia

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    All of the Islamic world during the 16th to 18th century, including the Ottoman Empire and Persia were influenced by the "scimitar" type of single-edged curved sword. Via the Mameluke sword this also gave rise to the European cavalry sabre. Terms for the "scimitar" curved sword: Kilij (Turkish) Pulwar (Afghanistan) Shamshir (Persia) Talwar ...

  5. Sword - Wikipedia

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    A Hand and a half sword, colloquially known as a "bastard sword", was a sword with an extended grip and sometimes pommel so that it could be used with either one or two hands. Although these swords may not provide a full two-hand grip, they allowed its wielders to hold a shield or parrying dagger in their off hand, or to use it as a two-handed ...

  6. Oakeshott typology - Wikipedia

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    Oakeshott types. The Oakeshott typology is a way to define and catalogue the medieval sword based on physical form. It categorises the swords of the European Middle Ages (roughly 11th to 16th centuries [1]) into 13 main types, labelled X through XXII.

  7. List of premodern combat weapons - Wikipedia

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    Claidheamh da laimh, highland sword [1] (European) Claymore, Scottish Gaelic for "great sword" (Scottish, European) Dadao (Chinese) Executioner's sword, heading sword, sword of justice (European) Flame-bladed sword, flambard, flammard, flammenschwert (European) Katana (Japanese) Longsword, bastard sword, espée bastarde, hand and a half sword ...

  8. List of fictional swords - Wikipedia

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    Z Sword: From Dragon Ball Z, it is a large broadsword in which the Kaioshin, Old Kai was sealed by the God of Destruction Beerus after an argument between them during a meeting between the Kaioshin and the Gods of Destruction. Brave Sword: In Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon, it is a longsword used by Tapion and Kid Trunks. It was forged by a ...

  9. Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    The sword and scabbard were suspended from either a baldric on the shoulder or from a belt on the waist. The former method was evidently popular in early Anglo-Saxon England, but the latter gained popularity in the later Anglo-Saxon period. For example, the Bayeux Tapestry only depicts the use of belts for sword carrying. [45]