Editing Classification of swords (section)

====Small-sword====
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The '''[[small sword]]''' or '''smallsword''' (also '''court sword''' or '''dress sword''', {{langx|fr|épée de cour}}){{citation needed|date=September 2013}} is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late [[Renaissance]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} The height of the small sword's popularity was between the mid-17th and late 18th century.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} It is thought to have appeared in [[France]] and spread quickly across the rest of [[Europe]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} The small sword was the immediate predecessor of the Épée de Combat from which the [[Épée]] developed<ref>Evangelista, Nick. ''The Encyclopedia of the Sword. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1995. p. 208</ref> and its method of use—as typified in the works of such authors as Sieur de Liancour, [[Domenico Angelo]], Monsieur J. Olivier, and Monsieur L'Abbat—developed into the techniques of the French classical school of fencing.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Small swords were also used as status symbols and fashion accessories; for most of the 18th century anyone, civilian or military, with pretensions to gentlemanly status would have worn a small sword on a daily basis.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}