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Historic Swords (Renaissance and Georgian) This period covers c.1475AD-1835AD.
The Tudor Kings of England and Wales developed their kingdoms power, but it was a Tudor Princess, Elizabeth I, who founded a sea going empire. This was the age of Shakespeare and New World exploits.
With Elizabeth's death her cousin, James VI of Scotland, inherited the crown of England and Wales. This was the age of the Stuart Kings rulers over all of Great Britain. Their age saw religious oppression and political conflict turned three times into Civil War. Many British left for a better life in the New England colonies.
After the Stuarts came the Georgians, whose kings (all called George) spoke German and also ruled lands in Germany. The New England settlers hated their German kings taxation and rebelled under the leadership of George Washington. They formed the United States of America. Sea heroes like Nelson turned the Georgian British Navy into the best in the World and within years Wellington did the same with the red-coated British army. |
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Historically; worn by officers and gentlemen as early as the Stuart Civil Wars c.1640-1652 . Worn by the officers on both sides in the American Revolution and later by Nelson's naval officers and Wellington's army officers. A sign of officer and genteel status, without it a gent and officer was undressed. 60cm/23.5"long Price: £5.19
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Historically; this was the last broadsword used by the British. It was the hand weapon of sailors since the Stuart Age and was still a standard piece of equipment at the end of the Victorian Age c.1903AD. 48cm/19"long Price: £5.89
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Historically; in use from the late decades of the C15 until c.1700AD. A quality defensive blade, becoming known as a 'main gauche' or left-handed blade when the thrusting sword was held in the right hand (such as our Grand Poignard). The Poignard had completely replaced the Knight's Dagger on the belts of the powerful by the early C16. This, therefore, was the short sword, not a dagger, used in the Renaissance 'Sword and Dagger' martial art. 36cm/14"long Price: £4.19
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Historically; used from the late Medieval Ages c.1450AD onwards to as recently as 1850AD. This was a strong and yet light sword designed to deliver a thrust. The new style of fighting that developed to master this sword, has evolved and lasted to this day as the martial art of sword fencing. This the Grand Poignard is one of the ancestral swords from which modern fencing blades developed. SWORD 60cm/24"long Price: £4.99
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The late Stuart Age was the heyday of the pirate. As they closed their ship alongside their victims, they jump across holding a loose sheet (rope)in one hand and a Boarding Cutlass in the other hand, with Poignard between their teeth. Price: £9.07
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This was the age of Shakespeare, and just like the characters in his plays, young rich men dressed in their best strutting around the town would be armed with such blades to ward off thieves and rogues. Price: £8.26
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The Duellist was a Master-at-Arms at the lowest level. They fought others for bets until first blood, usually on the cheek. The best duellists became wealthy Sword Master Instructors to the sons of the rich and noble. Price: £9.16
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