Great sword

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The term great sword refers to any of a number of large swords used in medieval Europe, including:

• Heavy examples of the High Medieval arming sword, Oakeshott types XIIa and XIIIa (the English Greatsword specifically).
• Large longswords in both the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
• The 16th century Zweihänder
• Early modern broadswords of the Schiavona type.
• The Scottish Claymore (Gaelic claidheamh mor, lit. "great sword")

See also

• long sword

 

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