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PostPosted: Tue 20 Sep, 2005 2:31 pm    Post subject: Pictures of Elizabethan Military swords?         Reply with quote

Hi, I've been looking for pictures of military swords of the Elizabethan Renaissance for one of my classes. I am open pictures to all sorts of Elizabethan swords, but in particular ones that would seen use in the hands of a knight, soldier, gentleman, officer, etc. I am also looking for side swords (German and English), baskethilts (English), etc. Thanks for all of your help, -Daniel
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PostPosted: Tue 20 Sep, 2005 2:35 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

This is as close as it gets to one-stop shopping for that particular subject:

http://www.myArmoury.com/feature_engswords.html

See also Oakeshott's European Weapons and Armour From the Renaissance To the Industrial Revolution
http://www.myArmoury.com/books/item.php?ASIN=0851157890

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PostPosted: Tue 20 Sep, 2005 8:56 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Those are cool, but not quite what I am looking for. Elizabeth died in 1603, so 1600-1650 doesn't really help me. I'm looking for Elizabethan/late Tudor military arms. So pretty much from 1550 to 1600. Thanks!
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PostPosted: Tue 20 Sep, 2005 10:03 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed 21 Sep, 2005 5:56 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

For English baskets in the time frame you're after, Claude Blair's article in "Scottish Weapons and Fortifications" has a bunch of them illustrated.

I've got a photo of an excavated Elizabethan war sword (don't know what else to call it). I'll try to get to a scanner and post it!

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PostPosted: Wed 21 Sep, 2005 6:36 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

D. Rosen wrote:
Those are cool, but not quite what I am looking for. Elizabeth died in 1603, so 1600-1650 doesn't really help me. I'm looking for Elizabethan/late Tudor military arms. So pretty much from 1550 to 1600. Thanks!


Well, as the author states in the first line:

"This account of English swords of the reigns of Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), James I (r. 1603-1625) and Charles I (r. 1625-49) starts at the very end of the Elizabethan period, as it is not possible to identify earlier specimens with any certainty."

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PostPosted: Wed 21 Sep, 2005 6:54 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

You may want to check out this excellent article from this site:

http://www.myArmoury.com/feature_armies_eng.html

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PostPosted: Wed 21 Sep, 2005 7:46 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Study these woodcuts, too.

http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/bgallery/Galler...eland.html

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PostPosted: Wed 28 Sep, 2005 9:19 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

A little late, but here's the sword I was referring to earlier. Overall length is 40", and is dated in the late 1500s. The pommel is hollow and is pierced for a sword knot. There's a very similar sword shown in Wilkinson's "Edged Weapons".

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