Editing Classification of swords (section)

==Terminology==
Some of these terms originate contemporaneously with the weapons which they describe. Others are modern or early modern terms used by [[antiquarians]], [[curators]], and modern-day sword enthusiasts for historical swords.

Terminology was further complicated by terms introduced<ref>e.g., "[[hand-and-a-half sword]]", "single-handed sword", "''[[Pappenheimer rapier|Pappenheimer]]''"[{{cite web|url=http://www.myarmoury.com/review_pmc_papp.html |title=Pappenheimer Sword |publisher=myArmoury.com |access-date=2015-10-08}} {{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pappenheimer |title=Pappenheimer &#124; Define Pappenheimer at Dictionary.com |publisher=Dictionary.reference.com |access-date=2015-10-08}}] "[[Walloon sword]]", "[[Sinclair hilt#Sinclair Hilt|Sinclair Sabre]]", "[[Mortuary sword]]", "''[[spada da lato]]''", "town sword", etc.</ref> or misinterpreted<ref>e.g., bastard sword, [[broadsword]] [{{cite web|url=http://www.thearma.org/essays/broadsword.htm |title=Broadswords |publisher=Thearma.org |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref><ref name="merriam-webster1">{{cite web|url=http://visual.merriam-webster.com/society/weapons/thrusting-cutting-weapons_1.php |title=SOCIETY :: WEAPONS :: THRUSTING AND CUTTING WEAPONS [1&#93; image – Visual Dictionary Online |publisher=Visual.merriam-webster.com |date=2008-10-29 |access-date=2015-10-08}}] [[rapier]]</ref><ref name="salvatorfabris1">{{cite web|url=http://www.salvatorfabris.org/WhatIsTheRapier2.shtml |title=The rapier revisited |publisher=Salvatorfabris.org |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2015-10-08}}, ''[[estoc]]'', ''[[flamberge]]'', etc.</ref> in the 19th century by antiquarians and in 20th century [[popular culture|pop culture]],<ref>[[sword and sorcery]] fiction, [[role playing games]], [[fighting game]]s, etc.</ref> and by the addition of new terms such as "great sword", "''[[Zweihänder]]''" (instead of ''[[Beidhänder]]''), and "cut-and-thrust sword".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-9YBAAAACAAJ&q=Renaissance+Swordsmanship:+The+Illustrated+Book+Of+Rapiers+And+Cut+And+Thrust+Swords+And+Their+Use "cut-and-thrust sword"]</ref> [[Historical European martial arts|Historical European Martial Arts]] associations have turned the term ''[[spada da lato]]''<ref>A term that was coined by Italian curators</ref> into "side-sword". Furthermore, there is a deprecation of the term "broadsword" by these associations. All these newly introduced or redefined terms add to the confusion of the matter.

{{anchor|Bastard sword}}The most well-known systematic typology of blade types of the European medieval sword is the [[Oakeshott typology]], although this is also a modern classification and not a medieval one. [[Elizabethan]]s used descriptive terms such as "short", "bastard", and "long" which emphasized the length of the blade, and "two-handed" for any sword that could be wielded by two hands.