Schiavonesca
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| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Schiavonesca |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | around 14th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Italy , military |
| Distribution: | Italy |
| Overall length: | about 120 cm |
| Blade length: | about 100 cm |
| Handle: | Metal, leather, wood |
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The Schiavonesca also Spada schiavonesca ( Italian. Slavic sword ) was a sword mostly in the form of a hand and a half , which appeared for the first time in south-eastern Europe in the late 14th century.
description
As a feature of the Schiavonesca the crossguard like a hook in the shape of an S, which not only catches the opponent's blows as usual, but if possible catch the opponent's blade and snatch his sword or lead it to the side. The technique is said to have been adapted from battles with the Ottomans and their sabers . The oldest known models of the Schiavonesca are known from Serbia at the end of the 14th century, but the swords were also widespread in Byzantium and Hungary , which means that the exact origin of these swords remains unclear. In the 15th century Albanian, Greek and Slavic mercenaries, the so-called Dalmatians , who u. a. also formed the guard for the Doges , the sword to Venice , where it got its typical Italian name today.
literature
- A. Vesey B. Norman: The rapier and small-sword, 1460-1820. Arms and Armor Press, 1980, ISBN 978-0-405-13089-2