In the European High Middle Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform (i.e., cross-shaped) hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres (28 to 31 in). This type is frequently depicted in period artwork, and numerous examples have been preserved archaeologically.
The high medieval sword of the Romanesque period (10th to 13th centuries) developed gradually from the Viking sword of the 9th century.
In the Late Medieval period (14th and 15th centuries), late forms of these swords continued to be used, but often as a sidearm, at that point called "arming swords" and contrasting with the two-handed, heavier longswords.
Though the majority of late-medieval arming swords kept their blade properties from previous centuries, there are also surviving specimens from the 15th century that took the form of a late-medieval estoc, specialised for use against more heavily armoured opponents. After the end of the medieval period, the arming sword developed into several forms of the early modern one-handed straight swords, such as the side-sword, the rapier, the cavalry-focused Reiterschwert and certain types of broadsword.
Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightlysword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged...
in turn gave rise to the knightlysword of the Romanesque period. Although popularly called "Viking sword", this type of sword was produced in the Frankish...
"longsword" type exists in a morphological continuum with the medieval knightlysword and the Renaissance-era Zweihänder. It was prevalent during the late...
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remained popular throughout the Migration Period. It evolved into the knightlysword of the High Middle Ages by the 12th century. The word comes from the...
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was a type of war sword used by infantry during the Renaissance of Europe. This sword was a direct descendant of the knightlysword. Quite popular between...
popular in the 12th century knightlysword, based on the earlier, 9th to 11th century, the tradition of the so-called Ulfberht swords. Athame List of premodern...
are narrower and longer than the typical Viking sword, marking the transition to the knightlysword of the High Middle Ages. This type exhibits a broad...
Ages Knightlysword, a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres Knightly Chetwood...
origin of the blades. The swords are at the transitional point between the Viking sword and the high medieval knightlysword. Most have blades of Oakeshott...
"breath-taking", "one of the most splendid Viking swords extant". The River Witham knightlysword, BM PE 1858,1116.5 was found in 1825 in the River Witham...
the Late Middle Ages, was a moral system which combined a warrior ethos, knightly piety, and courtly manners, all combining to establish a notion of honour...
(/ˈreɪpiər/) or espada ropera ('dress sword') is a type of sword used in Renaissance Spain to designate a sword with a straight, slender and sharply pointed...
weapons were used as off-hand weapons in conjunction with a single-handed sword such as a rapier. As the name implies they were designed to parry, or defend...
that were founded to protect and guide pilgrims to the Holy Land. The knightly orders were characterized by an order-like community life in poverty, obedience...
the sword", the expression "nobles of the sword" derives from the right of such noblemen to bear a sword, which reflected their duty of knightly service...
conjunction with the SworDriver and the Kaenken Rekka (火炎剣烈火, Flame Sword Raging Fire) knightlysword, which grants pyrokinesis, to transform into Kamen Rider Saber...
hewing knife or seax. The dagger reappeared in the 12th century as the "knightly dagger", or more properly cross-hilt or quillon dagger, and was developed...
fathers, Remember the great era When Germany's knightlysword Was victorious in every battle! The old swords still exist, And here is the German heart: You...
infantry. It is usually illustrated wielded by cavalry, usually of the knightly class, indicating it as a high-end weapon in contemporary sources. The...
including maces, axes and swords. Elements of the knightly armour included helmet, cuirass, gauntlet and shield. The sword was a weapon designed to be...
In martial arts, a waster is a practice weapon, usually a sword, and usually made out of wood, though nylon (plastic) wasters are also available. Nylon...
Zenkaiger with Kamen Rider Saber's Kaenken Rekka (火炎剣烈火, Flame Sword Raging Fire) knightlysword. 20. Zi-O (ジオウ, Jiō): Allows a Zenkaiger to gain Kamen Rider...
variation of the eclectic knightly arts of the previous century. From sword and buckler to sword and dagger, sword alone to two-handed sword, from polearms to...
for "cavalry sword" (not to be confused with Ritterschwert "knightlysword"). Specifically, it may refer to: The Roman spatha (as the sword of the Roman...
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