Longsword (English Wikipedia)

Rabelais, François (1741). Le Duchat, Jacob (ed.). Oeuvres (in French). p. 129 (footnote 5). Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016. Qui n'étoit ni Françoise, ni Espagnole, ni proprement Lansquenette, mais plus grande que pas une de ces fortes épées. ([A sword] which was neither French, nor Spanish, nor properly Landsknecht [German], but larger than any of these great swords.
Strutt, Joseph (1801). The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions and Pompous Spectacles. Methuen & Company. p. 211. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
See, for example, A General Guide to the Wallace Collection. H.M. Stationery Office. 1933. p. 149. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
A nonce attestation of "long-sword" in the sense of "heavy two-handed sword" is found in Kezer, Claude D. (1983). Principles of Stage Combat. I. E. Clark Publications. ISBN 9780886801564. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
Thimm, Carl A. (31 May 1999). A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 9781455602773. uses "long sword (Schwerdt) on p. 220 Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine as direct translation from a German text of 1516, and "long sword or long rapier" in reference to George Silver (1599) on p. 269 Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
Boeheim, Wendelin (1890). Handbuch der Waffenkunde: Das Waffenwesen in seiner historischen Entwicklung. Seemann Verlag. p. 261ff. ISBN 9783845726038. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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Ewart Oakeshott (1994). The Sword in the Age of Chivalry (PDF). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-85115-715-3. OCLC 807485557. OL 26840827M. Wikidata Q105271484. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

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"What is a Longsword". Longsword.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

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"Hand-and-a-Half Sword". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
"Hand-and-a-Half Sword". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1560 g)

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Ewart Oakeshott (1994). The Sword in the Age of Chivalry (PDF). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-85115-715-3. OCLC 807485557. OL 26840827M. Wikidata Q105271484. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

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"Peter Finer". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Two further silver-encrusted swords possessing pommels of this type can be seen in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich...The first belonged to Hans Gugelberg von Moos (recorded 1562–1618), and the second to Rudolf von Schauenstein (recorded 1587–1626), whose name appears on its blade along with the date 1614.

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Clements, John. "Medieval and Renaissance Fencing Terminology". Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2006.

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"Hand-and-a-Half Sword". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1560 g)
Rabelais, François (1741). Le Duchat, Jacob (ed.). Oeuvres (in French). p. 129 (footnote 5). Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016. Qui n'étoit ni Françoise, ni Espagnole, ni proprement Lansquenette, mais plus grande que pas une de ces fortes épées. ([A sword] which was neither French, nor Spanish, nor properly Landsknecht [German], but larger than any of these great swords.
Strutt, Joseph (1801). The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions and Pompous Spectacles. Methuen & Company. p. 211. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
As attested in Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor. London: New Gallery. 1890. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2020. +hand-and-a-half .
See, for example, A General Guide to the Wallace Collection. H.M. Stationery Office. 1933. p. 149. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
A nonce attestation of "long-sword" in the sense of "heavy two-handed sword" is found in Kezer, Claude D. (1983). Principles of Stage Combat. I. E. Clark Publications. ISBN 9780886801564. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
Thimm, Carl A. (31 May 1999). A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 9781455602773. uses "long sword (Schwerdt) on p. 220 Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine as direct translation from a German text of 1516, and "long sword or long rapier" in reference to George Silver (1599) on p. 269 Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
"What is a Longsword". Longsword.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
Ewart Oakeshott (1994). The Sword in the Age of Chivalry (PDF). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-85115-715-3. OCLC 807485557. OL 26840827M. Wikidata Q105271484. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Boeheim, Wendelin (1890). Handbuch der Waffenkunde: Das Waffenwesen in seiner historischen Entwicklung. Seemann Verlag. p. 261ff. ISBN 9783845726038. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
"Peter Finer". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Two further silver-encrusted swords possessing pommels of this type can be seen in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich...The first belonged to Hans Gugelberg von Moos (recorded 1562–1618), and the second to Rudolf von Schauenstein (recorded 1587–1626), whose name appears on its blade along with the date 1614.
Oakeshott's Typology of the Medieval Sword A Summary Archived 4 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Albion Swords (2005).
Ringeck, Sigmund. MS Dresd. C 487. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Talhoffer, Hans. Thott 290 2. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
dei Liberi, Fiore. Flos Duellatorum (PDF) (in Italian). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Clements, John. "Medieval and Renaissance Fencing Terminology". Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2006.

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Ewart Oakeshott (1994). The Sword in the Age of Chivalry (PDF). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-85115-715-3. OCLC 807485557. OL 26840827M. Wikidata Q105271484. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

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Ringeck, Sigmund. MS Dresd. C 487. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Talhoffer, Hans. Thott 290 2. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

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Ewart Oakeshott (1994). The Sword in the Age of Chivalry (PDF). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-85115-715-3. OCLC 807485557. OL 26840827M. Wikidata Q105271484. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.