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The Sword in Combat - Battles and Summaries

This is a companion to my other post . Each battle listed here is a description of swords and sidearms being used en masse , detailed in a m...

Monday, September 1, 2025

Assortment of Quotes: Index

Assortment of Quotes #1: "Ill-furnished harquebusiers"

Assortment of Quotes #2: Japan Misc.

- September 01, 2025
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  • "They all hold swords, being expert in war" - The Sword in Combat
    It is a common belief that swords were useless in war, or hardly used at all (or only used when the situation was not ideal). And these are ...
  • (WIP) "Great cutting curtilaces" - The Heavy Falchion of the Man at Arms
    This will be short post on a kind of odd, shortish sword; in English, these were termed curtilace  (or curtalaxe ) (although by no means was...
  • The Sword in Combat - Battles and Summaries
    This is a companion to my other post . Each battle listed here is a description of swords and sidearms being used en masse , detailed in a m...
  • "He put a vail on his face" - Pikemen with Closed Helmets
    We very rarely see infantry in the 16th century with closed helmets; while this is likely not without reason, we do, however, read of them b...
  • (WIP) "Ung bon coustilleur" - The Arming and Role of the Coustillier
    There's not a whole lot on the coustillier, both online and in modern sources, especially in English, so I will attempt to shed some lig...
  • The Role of the Two Handed Sword in War
    Hello and welcome to my first post! This will be a big one, so get comfortable. Often it is said "We don't know how zweihanders/mon...

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