Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Classification of swords
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
====Great sword==== '''Great swords''' or '''greatswords''' are related to the [[long sword]]s of the [[Middle Ages]].<ref>{{Cite Q|Q105271484|pages=42-46}}</ref><ref>Oakeshott, Ewart. ''Records of the Medieval Sword''. Boydell Press 1991. Page 89 and 95.</ref><ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis: Indices (pp. v-ccxvi) & "Extraits des observations sur l'Histoire de Saint Louis"|author1=Du Fresne Du Cange, C.|author2=Henschel, G.A.L.|author3=Carpentier, P.|author4=Adelung, J.C.|author5=Favre, L.|author6=Freher, M.|author7=Scaliger, J.J.|author8=Welser, M.|year=1887|publisher=L. Favre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fcUAAAAQAAJ}}</ref>{{dubious|date=August 2013}} The great sword was developed during the Renaissance, but its earlier cousin the Scottish Claymore was very similar in size and use, like the "outsized specimens" between {{convert|160|and|180|cm|abbr=on}} (approx. the same height as the user) such as the [[Oakeshott type XII]]a or [[Oakeshott typology#Type XIII|Oakeshott type XIIIa]]. These swords were too heavy to be wielded one-handed and possessed a large grip for leverage.
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)