WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Armored combat (sport)
Videos
Armored combat or buhurt or medieval combat or historical medieval battles, among other names, is a modern full contact fighting sport with steel blunt weapons characteristic of the Middle Ages. Fight
Armored combat (sport)
SCA armoured combat using rattan based clubs
SCA armoured combat using rattan based clubs
Mass battle at coupe de France 2017
Mass battle at coupe de France 2017
16 vs 16 mass battle
16 vs 16 mass battle
Longsword
Videos
A longsword is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed use, a straight double-edged blade of around 80 to 110 cm, and weighing approximat
Hand-and-a-half sword, probably German, c. 1400–1430
Hand-and-a-half sword, probably German, c. 1400–1430
Replica of the Brescia Spadona, a 15th-century "hand and a half" longsword named after the city where it now resides, in the Museo Civico L. Mazzoli i
Replica of the Brescia Spadona, a 15th-century "hand and a half" longsword named after the city where it now resides, in the Museo Civico L. Mazzoli in Brescia, Italy. It has a tapered type XVIIIa or type XVIa blade and an octagonal pommel.
1440s illustration of one- and two-handed use of the longsword. Note the sword being used one-handed is drawn shorter and may also be intended as a la
1440s illustration of one- and two-handed use of the longsword. Note the sword being used one-handed is drawn shorter and may also be intended as a large knightly sword (CPG 339 fol. 135r).
Example of two handed use vs. half-sword, dating to c. 1418 (CPG 359, fol. 46v)
Example of two handed use vs. half-sword, dating to c. 1418 (CPG 359, fol. 46v)