Longsword (redirect from Langes Schwert)
reconstruction of the German school of fencing, translating the German langes schwert. Prior to this the term "long sword" merely referred to any sword with...
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and Renaissance weapon designed for use with two hands. The German langes Schwert ("long sword") in 15th-century manuals did not necessarily denote a...
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and a longer blade. By 1400, this type of sword, at the time called langes Schwert (longsword) or spadone, was common, and a number of 15th- and 16th-century...
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Messer (sword) (redirect from Langes Messer)
lengths range from 15 cm (5.9 in) lengths up to around 35 cm (14 in). Messer, Langes Messer, and Großes Messer ("knife", "long knife", and "great knife" respectively)...
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facsimile and transcription by Bauer (2009). Matthias Johannes Bauer, Langes Schwert und Schweinespieß. Die Fechthandschrift aus den verschütteten Beständen...
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Mittelalterliche Kampfesweisen – Mainz am Rhein. : Zabern vol. 1: Das Lange Schwert, 2006. – ISBN 3-8053-3652-7 vol. 2, Kriegshammer, Schild und Kolben...
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"Schwertlied" ("Sword Song") is a poem by Theodor Körner, written shortly before his death in battle on 26 August 1813. Theodor Körner was a famous poet...
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Mittelalterliche Kampfesweisen Zabern, Mainz (edition of the 1467 ms.) vol. 1 Das Lange Schwert (2006), ISBN 3-8053-3652-7. vol. 2 Der Kriegshammer, Schild und Kolben...
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the monopoly on the title "master of the long sword" (Meister des langen Schwerts), effectively making them a fencers' guild. This title was relevant for...
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handwörterbuch (in German). Vol. 2. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. p. 573. langes messer, kurzes schwert Woerterbuchnetz online Rolandslied vv. 1568–1609. Wesle, Carl...
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