Espada Ropera
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| Weapon type: | rapier |
| Designations: | Espada Ropera |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | around the middle of the 15th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Spain |
| Overall length: | about cm |
| Blade length: | about 80 cm to 130 cm |
| Blade width: | about 3 cm to about 5 cm |
| Weight: | about 900 gr. to about 1400 gr. |
| Handle: | Wood, leather, metal |
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The Espada Ropera was a sword that was developed in Spain in the mid-15th century . The name refers to swords worn by civilians as opposed to those for use on the battlefield. Compared to previous swords, the Espada Ropera was lighter, thinner and more ornate. It was first mentioned in an inventory of Don Álvaro de Zúñiga in 1468.
The sword was a predecessor and in Spain also a contemporary of the rapier . The French term epee rapière is a modification of espada ropera . However, the Espada Ropera differs from the rapier in that its thin blade can also be used to make effective cuts, while the rapier is a stabbing weapon. They were made in Toledo .
The Espada Ropera therefore stands between rapier and long sword and is also seen as the starting point for the development towards light blades. It has a quillons and a narrow but sharp blade.
Compared to other swords of the 15th century, the Espada Ropere is narrow and long. The weight is 900 to 1400 grams, the blade is 3–5 cm wide and 80 to 130 cm long.
literature
- A. Vesey B. Norman, The rapier and small-sword, 1460-1820 , Arms and Armor Press, 1980, page 20, ISBN 978-0-405-13089-2
- George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, pp. 525, 526, ISBN 978-0-486- 40726-5