Warrior
| Warrior | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Sword |
| Designations: | Cappa e spada, Novela de capa y espada |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | approx. 16th century |
| Working time: | approx. 16th to 17th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Spain , Italy |
| Distribution: | Europe |
| Handle: | Wood, metal wire, leather |
| Particularities: | Sometimes exaggerated blade lengths |
| Lists on the subject | |
A warrior is a European sword of the 16th century.
description
During the historical sword is double-edged, as has warhorse called variant a single-edged blade with double-edged point. This form of the sword originated in Spain and Italy in the 16th century . There it was introduced as a weapon for mounted troops, who were less concerned with the art of fencing than with stabbing and cutting.
Colloquially today, an (old) warrior is a combative, assertive person.
literature
- Wendelin Boeheim : Handbook of the armory. Reprint of the Leipzig 1890 edition, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8 .
Web links
Wiktionary: Haudegen - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim: Handbook of Armament. Reprint d. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8 . Pp. 284-285.