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	European dueling sword - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The duel has its origins in judicial combat, a particular subset of trial by ordeal that formed in the so-called Dark Ages through such traditions as the Scandinavian Holmganga and continued though the Middle Ages as a highly codified and legal form of personal violence.
		Firearms displaced swords as the preferred weapons of duelists in the late eighteenth century.
		During the arming sword and rapier periods, a weapon or object was generally held in the other hand from the sword for use in parrying attacks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_dueling_sword (1421 words)

	Rapier
		A rapier is a slender, sharply pointed sword with a blade at least 90 centimetres in length, often sporting an elaborate hilt and hand-guard.
		The rapier began to develop at around 1500 as the Spanish "espada ropera," or "dress sword." The espada ropera was a cut-and-thrust civilian weapon for self-defense and the duel, while earlier weapons were equally at home on the battlefield.
		While the by the year 1700 the rapier had been replaced by the lighter smallsword throughout most of Europe, this weapon is probably the oldest European sword that still has a living tradition; that is, fencing masters exist that can trace their lineage of teachers back to the 18th century and before.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ra/Rapier.html (379 words)

	ipedia.com: Duel Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Typically, duels have been fought between members of the same social class; they are regarded as especially noteworthy when those partaking are of the upper class but occur at all social strata.
		During the early Renaissance, dueling established the status of a respectable and accepted manner for gentlemen to resolve disputes.
		Among the most famous duels are the American Hamilton—Burr duel, in which notable Federalist Alexander Hamilton was fatally wounded, and the duel between Duke of Wellington and the 10th Earl of Winchilsea, wherein both participants intentionally missed the other.
	www.ipedia.com /duel.html (1145 words)

	sword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Having seen use for about five millennia, swords began to lose their military uses in the late 18th century because of increasing availability and reliability of gunpowder weapons.
		Sword - a straight, pointed, two edged European sword held in one hand, normally used with a shield or buckler.
		Indeed, the difference between a machete and a sword is mainly that of width and utilization, and several types of swords in history resemble the machete in construction, such as for example the scramasax, the dusack, and the falchion.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Sword.html (1197 words)

	European Europe History - Honor and Dueling
		The duel never did take place because making arrangements was to difficult, but this incident influenced the manners of Europeans so that gentlemen everywhere thought they were entitled to avenge slights on their honor by having similar challenges.
		Duels involving honor were so prevalent in France that Charles IX issued an ordinance in 1566 that was death to anyone participating in a duel.
		The judicial duel was established because solemn affirmation, or swearing of oaths, in legal arguments had led to extensive perjury and the ordeal has too much of a chance of being manipulated by the priests.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=22838 (941 words)

	Duel - Awesome movies, movie search engine, movie reviews and movie news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Duel A Duel or Duel of Honour is a personal combat intended to settle an affront to the personal honour of an offended individual by another of the equivalent social class.
		European dueling sword Under feudal systems, lords would generally make war rather than duel and their subordinates would not duel but would submit to their lords for judgment.
		Duel in the Sun Duel in the Sun is a 1946 Western film which tells the story of a half-Hispanic girl who goes to live with her Anglo relatives, becoming involved in prejudice and forbidden love.
	www.awesomemovies.info /Duel.html (355 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rapier
		It can refer to earlier "spada di lato" (much like the "espada ropera") through the high rapier period of the 17th century through the smallsword and duelling swords, thus context is important in understanding what is meant by the word.
		The espada ropera was a cut-and-thrust civilian weapon for self-defense and the duel, while earlier weapons were equally at home on the battlefield.
		The rapier is also the sword most often associated with duels of honor depicted in literature,e.g.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rapier (517 words)

	Sword Forms
		Descriptions of swords as "broad" before this time are only incidental and the word "broad" is used as an adjective in the same way "sharp" or "large" would be applied.
		A direct descendant of the medieval knightly sword, the cut and thrust sword was used by lightly armed footmen as well as civilians in the 16th and 17th centuries.
		With the ascendancy of rapiers over swords in personal duel and private quarrel, there were many attempts to combine the slashing and cleaving potential of a traditional military sword with the quick, agile thrust of a dueling rapier.
	www.thehaca.com /terms4.htm (4971 words)

	Rapier - Cunnan
		A rapier is a slender, sharply pointed, two-edged sword with a blade at least 90 centimetres in length and generally possessing both distal and profile taper, often sporting an elaborate hilt and hand-guard.
		The rapier is capable of both slashing and thrusting attacks, but the style of fighting popular during its advent and heyday favoured the thrusting attacks we popularly associate with "fencing".
		The rapier's slimmer cousin, the smallsword (reproduced using its descendant, the modern foil), is the sword most often associated with the duels of honour depicted in literature and movies, such as The Three Musketeers.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /wiki/Rapier (367 words)

	Europe Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ HigherPower.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Almost all European countries are members of the Council of Europe, the exceptions being Belarus, and the Holy See (Vatican City).
		Important European herbivores are snails, amphibians, fish, different birds, and mammals, like rodents, deers and roe deers, boars, and living in the mountains, marmots, steinbocks, chamoises among others.
		Important animals that live in European seas are zooplankton, molluscs, echinoderms, different crayfish, squids and octopuses, fish, dolphins, and whales.
	higherpower.org /encyclopedia/Europe (4053 words)

	European dueling sword/smallsword Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Under feudal systems, lords would generally make war rather than duel and their subordinates would not duel but would submit to their lords for judgment.
		Since duels were generally 'on the spot' affairs, those who would claim the privilege of the duel must always be armed; and since these were civilians dwelling in cities they had no need for heavy armor and preferred lighter weaponry.
		Early rapiers retained their cutting edges, are at times called 'cut and thrust rapiers' by modern enthusiasts, and were diamond in cross-section, though less of a flattened diamond than the arming sword.
	home.comcast.net /~sylvanarrow/dueling-sword.htm (1309 words)

	Japanese sword making vs. European swordmaking [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		European swords, because the Japanese sword is as overrated as it`s European counterpart is underrated.
		European swords are as underrated as the Japanese blades are overrated.
		European swords were no less well crafted, and in fact, Spanish steel was considered for many years to be the best steel for sword making.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-37432 (11521 words)

	Rapier - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This article is about the sword, after which a surface-to-air missile, prototype jet interceptor and fictional space fighter are named.
		A rapier is a relatively slender, sharply pointed sword, used mainly for thrusting attacks, developed in Europe around 16th century.
		A rapier is a relatively slender (blade 2.5 centimetres or less in width), sharply pointed sword with a blade at least 90 centimetres in length, often sporting an elaborate hilt and hand-guard.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Rapier (928 words)

	Book Reviews
		Its many chapter son armor, helms, swords, rapiers, and more covers an amazing dearth, It is one of the few books to address the distinction between civilian and military swords of the renaissance and distinguish between sword sand rapiers, as well as properly qualify basket-hilted blades and broadswords.
		Swords are covered in roughly short 15 pages, spears in about 7, armor and helms each in just 6, and shields in 20.
		Richard Bezdek, sword collector and author of titles on American swords and sword makers, has done a highly detailed job of compiling a range of table, lists, charts, and information on a subject that has received less attention that it rightly deserves.
	www.thehaca.com /bookreviews.htm (14357 words)

	European sword fighting techniques vs. Samurai [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
		Little asians with their butter knife samurai swords have always been made out to be indestructable, while our Knights have often been made out to be barbaric clutzes in armour that was too heavy and swords that put them off balance.
		The sword work in RR is some of the best on film, William Hobbs the choreographer for that film has done some other films that are really good also.
		European techniques have more variety of form due to a greater variety of weapons which gave rise to many and varried schools, and whites are bigger and stronger as a rule.
	www.stormfront.org /archive/t-177258European_sword_fighting_techniques_vs._S (7652 words)

	Game Cube Special Offer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This Sword is hand crafted at the Dalian, Hanwei forge of Paul Chen.
		Combining the slashing power of the samurai katana with the agility and thrusting ability of a fine European dueling sword.
		The Dark Sentinel is a handsome sword with a bite.
	www.icefire-enterprises.com /Sentinel.html (121 words)

	Conejo Fencers - The Art of Fencing
		Some hundreds of years ago there existed in Europe a gallant generation of sword fighters, who married noble women and begot noble children to carry on the tradition of fencing.
		Strangely, the less need of the sword as a fighting weapon, the more deft became swordsmen.
		Such a man is one of the middle European epee (dueling sword) fencers, who has carried off many championships, international and Olympic prizes.
	www.conejofencing.com /files/art.htm (1096 words)

	Sword - Military History Wiki
		Swords were still used, although increasingly limited to officers and ceremonial uniforms, although most armies retained heavy cavalry until well after World War I. For example, the British Army formally adopted a completely new design of cavalry sword in 1908, almost the last change in British Army weapons before the outbreak of the war.
		Narsil (Sun and Moon) (later Andúril, Flame of the West) - The sword of Elendil, and later Aragorn in J. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
		This page was last modified 12:17, 7 Dec 2005.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/Sword (1879 words)

	The Dark Sentinel Sword
		Also samurai, ninja, fantasy, rapiers, civil war and movie swords and weaponry
		Combining the slashing power of the Samurai Katana with the agility and thrusting ability of fine European dueling swords, the Dark Sentinel is a handsome sword with a bite.
		Light and quick enough for single-hand fencing but with the ability to turn on awesome two-handed power, the Dark Sentinel will guard the castle gates against all would-be usurpers - without draining the Royal treasury!
	www.thesteelsource.com /html/2066gt.htm (102 words)

	Dark Sentinel sword fantasy katana from Paul Chen
		Dark Sentinel sword fantasy katana from Paul Chen
		This Sword is hand crafted at the Dalian, Hanwei (China) forge of Paul Chen.
		The forged high carbon steel blade is complemented by a studded leather wrapped grip with a stylized tsuba-like guard.
	www.imperialweapons.com /oriental/swords/15scimit.html (70 words)

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