Great sword
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The term great sword or greatsword refers to an example of any of a number of large swords used in medieval Europe
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Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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- LongswordLongswordThe longsword is a type of European sword designed for two-handed use, current during the late medieval and Renaissance periods, approximately 1350 to 1550 .Longswords have long cruciform hilts with grips over 10 to 15 cm length The longsword (of which stems the variation called the bastard...
, in both the Middle Ages and Renaissance. - especially, "outsized specimens" of the longsword, such as Oakeshott type XIIIa, see Oakeshott typology#Type XIII
- the Zweihänder of 16th century Germany
- BroadswordBroadswordBroadsword may refer to:*Broadsword , a military sword used by heavy cavalry during the 17th to early 19th centuriesIn more modern times, it has also been used to refer to:...
, in early modern examples of the Schiavona type. - ClaymoreClaymoreThe term claymore refers to the Scottish variant of the late medieval longsword, two-handed swords with a cross hilt, of which the guards were in use during the 15th and 16th centuries.-Terminology:...
(Gaelic claidheamh mor, lit. "great sword"), a Scottish sword.