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	European dueling sword - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Firearms displaced swords as the preferred weapons of duelists in the late eighteenth century.
		The first swords carried by civilians for use in duels were generally arming swords.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_dueling_sword (1421 words)

	Japanese sword making vs. European swordmaking [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com
		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.
		If you had two equal sized units--a European heavy infantry unit armed with polearms and armored with partial plate versus a group of sword-wielding samurai, put your money on the Europeans (mainly because the Europeans have more reach, more damage potential and will act as a unit, which is the big difference).
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-37432 (11521 words)

	ipedia.com: Duel Article
		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.
		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.
	www.ipedia.com /duel.html (1145 words)

	Sword Forms
		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.
		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.
	www.thehaca.com /terms4.htm (4971 words)

	Rapier - Cunnan
		For a more detailed explanation of the primary use of the rapier-- Dueling-- see European dueling sword.
		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'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)

	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)

	Europe Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ HigherPower.org
		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.
		Almost all European countries are members of the Council of Europe, the exceptions being Belarus, and the Holy See (Vatican City).
		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)

	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.
		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.
		Swords are covered in roughly short 15 pages, spears in about 7, armor and helms each in just 6, and shields in 20.
	www.thehaca.com /bookreviews.htm (14357 words)

	Rapier - Psychology Central
		This weapon is probably the oldest European sword that still has a living tradition.
		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.
		A rapier is a relatively slender, sharply pointed sword, used mainly for thrusting attacks, developed in Europe around 16th century.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Rapier (928 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Eu'
		European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
		European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /e/eu/index.html (53 words)

	Wikipedia talk:Public domain resources - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See what I've uploaded for European dueling sword and Tonsure.
		There seem to be more than one book of public-domain images...it would be great if people could get them all online.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Public_domain_resources (1350 words)

	Conejo Fencers - The Art of Fencing
		Such a man is one of the middle European epee (dueling sword) fencers, who has carried off many championships, international and Olympic prizes.
		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.
	www.conejofencing.com /files/art.htm (1096 words)

	European sword fighting techniques vs. Samurai [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
		European males had the strength to wield heavier swords, and don more effective armour and fight in it.
		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.
		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.
	www.stormfront.org /archive/t-177258European_sword_fighting_techniques_vs._S (7652 words)

	Game Cube Special Offer
		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.
		This Sword is hand crafted at the Dalian, Hanwei forge of Paul Chen.
	www.icefire-enterprises.com /Sentinel.html (121 words)

	Hyperion (mythology)
		A Comparison of Keats's Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion (European University Studies : Series 14 : Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature, Vol 282)
		Sometimes I feel like prefering a chamber choir, but in pieces like "Go, Song of Mine" the LSC and Tod Handley do a very moving job.
	www.freeglossary.com /Hyperion_(mythological) (392 words)

	Greg Wolf's Bible Prophecy Studies - Orders from Brussels: Spell Christ with a lower-case "c"
		At the European Union, the name of the humble carpenter from Nazareth may be diminished by lower-case spelling, but Javier Solana, The Great will continue to have his name spelled in capital letters.
		Solana, a sort of Kofi Annan, European style, is High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary General of both the European Union and the Western European Union.
		The European Union hierarchy may have numbered the seat 666, but at last count no one has had the courage to actually claim the seat as their own.
	www.gregwolf.com (972 words)

	The Medieval European Knight vs. The Feudal Japanese Samurai
		The average European two-hand sword is longer in handle and blade than the average katana by several inches to as much as a foot or more and is not at all slow.
		Another element to consider is that European swords could be used in "half-sword" techniques where the second hand literally grips around the blade itself to wield the weapon in bashing, deflecting, binding, and trapping in all manner of ways that virtually make it a pole-axe or short spear.
		Those who think the Medieval sword and shield was and is just a “wham-bam, whack-whack” fight are as greatly misinformed as those who imagine the katana was handled in some mysterious and secret manner and can cut through anything as if it were a light-saber.
	www.thehaca.com /essays/knightvs.htm (972 words)

	Sword - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A significant defect that many European swords in the 19th Century had was the use of metal scabbards which tended to make them blunt, and consequently gave Eastern swords a fearsome reputation amongst European troops.
		European swords had a radius of curvature of around a metre as they were intended to be used at arm 's length.
		The secondary one nearest to the hilt is a particularly poor point to have struck by another sword, if the user should make the mistake of believing popular mythology and using a sword edge to parry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sword (972 words)

	Welcome to the Demas School of European Martial Arts
		In reality, European martial arts integrate footwork, avoidance, and the ability to use timing and distance to exploit and enhance the sword's inherent cutting and thrusting capabilities.
		European martial arts are distinctly different from modern Olympic fencing and Asian martial arts.
		The differences between the English, Italian and Spanish schools of rapier and sword play have been studied at length.
	www.davenriche.com (289 words)

	Sword Forum Magazine - Vietnamese Swords - The Swords of Vietnam
		In some respects the Vietnamese straight sword is reminiscent of European small swords, and at first glance one might mistakenly assume a European origin for this weapon.
		Swords of Vietnam are a beautiful and interesting cross of Chinese, Japanese, Thai and in later designs, French influences.
		Kiem are clearly a direct descendant of the Chinese straight sword, or Jian, and mirror their general shape and design very closely.
	swordforum.com /swords/vietnamese/swordsofviet.html (1057 words)

	Exiles Links
		The LSD (a student society of Linacre College, Oxford) was formed in 1999 for the study of European martial arts, concentrating on the art of the sword as it was in Britain during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
		The School of the Sword is a small group dedicated to researching and providing accurate public displays of historical swordplay from c.1540 to 1740.
		Presently, their disciplines range from the 13th to the 19th century and include longsword (also known as a "bastard" or "hand-and-a-half" sword), great sword, side-sword, rapier and dagger, sword and buckler, poleaxe, cavalry sabre, dagger, case-of-rapiers, dussak and single-stick.
	www.the-exiles.org /Links.htm (1057 words)

	ESTATE OF TOM WNUCK OF ROCHESTER
		18th C Small European Sword, silver-hilted, military motif, hallmarked, gold overlay to Colichemarde blade, 30" blade length
		2 18th C European Small Swords, 30" and 25" blade length, as found condition
		Swords and Blades, 264S), cipher on blade, 35" blade length, possible new grip
	www.cottoneauctions.com /TomWnuck/wnuckswords_page2.htm (441 words)

	We offer samurai swords, japanese swords and other swords.
		You will find many sword parts such as tsubas, silk bags, sword stands and cleaning kits on our site.
		We offer samurai swords, japanese swords and other swords.
		CAS Iberia is the principal importer of practical Asian and European weaponry into the United States.
	www.mantisswords.com (441 words)

	Stephen D. Corrsin, PhD, author and dance historian
		He has, literally, gone gray in the service of promoting these unusual dance styles, and was a founding member of the highly innovative group, New World Sword, which was the first U.S. sword dance group using primarily European continental dance material.
		He is the author of numerous articles, papers, and bibliographies on the history of linked styles of sword dancing in Europe and North America, as well as other topics, such as the history of the Jews in Poland.
		Corrsin's long anticipated Sword Dancing in Europe: A History was published in 1997, as publication 3 of the "Tradition Series" of the Folklore Society.
	www.musicsleuth.com /sqpress/stephen.html (441 words)

	Voice of America, 98-07-29
		AND SO, IT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, AND THE MACEDONIAN-AMERICANS CERTAINLY DO RECOGNIZE THAT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY FEEL THIS IS SUCH AN UNSETTLING KIND OF SITUATION FOR THEM."
		I THINK SECONDLY, AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IS THAT MACEDONIA OUGHT TO BE ADMITTED TO ALL THE VARIOUS TRADE AND OTHER GOVERNING BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH EUROPE -- THE EUROPEAN UNION AND OTHER EUROPEAN TRADE ORGANIZATIONS."
		THERE IS A CONCENSUS THAT A LARGER MILITARY PRESENCE IS CERTAINLY WARRANTED.
	www.hri.org /news/usa/voa/1998/98-07-29.voa.html (3912 words)

	Katana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the same time, many European sword types from the very beginning of the history of the sword, through the medieval period and the renaissance to the 20th century were designed for the same combat modes as Japanese ones, fighting against lightly-armored or unarmored infantry.
		Positioning his sword for an easy draw implied suspicion or aggression; thus, whether he placed it on his right or left side, and whether the blade was placed curving away or towards him, was an important point of etiquette.
		Japanese swords are measured in units of shaku (1 shaku = approximately 30.3 centimeters or 11.93 inches; from 1891 the shaku has been defined as exactly 10/33 metres, but older data may vary slightly from this value).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katana (7323 words)

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