Longsword
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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
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 large knightly sword (CPG 339 fol. 135r).
Example of two handed use vs. half-sword, dating to c. 1418 (CPG 359, fol. 46v)
Zweihänder
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The Zweihänder, also Doppelhänder, Beidhänder, Bihänder, or Bidenhänder, is a large two-handed sword that was used primarily during the 16th century.
Longsword
…2 to 3 kg (4 lb 7 oz to 6 lb 10 oz). The "longsword" type exists in a morphological continuum with the medieval knightly sword and the Renaissance-era Zweihänder. It was prevalent during the late medieval and Renaissance periods (approximately 1350 to 1550). The longsword has many names in the English language…
Zweihänders with and without Parierhaken
A landsknecht with Zweihänder
Large two-handed swords in the White Tower (Tower of London)
Zweihänder in Athens War Museum