Editing Classification of swords (section)

====Basket-hilted sword====
The ''[[basket-hilted sword]]'' is a [[sword]] type of the [[early modern era]] characterised by a basket-shaped [[Hilt#Guard|guard]] that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development of the [[quillon]]s added to swords' crossguards since the Late Middle Ages.
In modern times, this variety of sword is also sometimes referred to as the '''broadsword'''.<ref name="thearma">{{cite web|url=http://www.thearma.org/essays/broadsword.htm|title=Broadswords|publisher=thearma.org|access-date=2014-05-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite Q|Q105271714|pages=156, 173, 175}}</ref>