Rapier - Wikipedia
Its name is a "derisive" description of the Spanish term ropera. The Spanish term refers to a sword used with clothes (espada ropera, 'dress sword'), due to it being used as an accessory …
Rapier - Association for Historical Fencing
This type of sword is characterized by its civilian use for the duel and self-defense. The espada ropera , or “dress sword,” first appears in Spain in the late 1400s. However, this sword was …
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The style of the hilt is of a "jineta", a riding sword from the Muslim kingdom of Granada in the 15th century, but with a more slender rapier-like blade. By the size, it could be a sword for cutting …
Rapier with Scabbard | Spanish, Toledo - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The rapier was the principal civilian sidearm throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Designed for cut-and-thrust fencing of progressively complex techniques, the rapier is …
Smallsword in the Spanish Style | Spanish - Spanish | The …
Smallswords, often richly decorated, remained an integral part of a gentleman’s wardrobe until the wearing of swords in civilian settings went out of fashion at the end of the eighteenth century, …
Rapier | Cleveland Museum of Art
The rapier was a sword worn with civilian dress and used in duels. The term rapier derives from a 16th-century French word rapière, which in turn derived from the Spanish espada ropera, or …
Rapier | hilt, Italian, possibly Venice; blade, Spanish | The ...
The rapier was the principal civilian sidearm throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Designed for cut-and-thrust fencing of progressively complex techniques, the rapier is …
The Conquistador Swords that Conquered the Americas
2023年4月27日 · The Spanish rapier, also known as the “dress sword,” was the favorite weapon of 16th and 17th century conquistadors because of its superiority on the battlefield and its …
Rapiers and Their Hilt Styles Through History - Swordis
2024年9月25日 · The cup-hilt rapier reached the peak of its popularity between the early 1650s and the first decade of the 18th century in Spain and southern Italy. While it was an effective …
The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1460-1820 - Academia.edu
This precious study covers the development of the rapier into the small sword during the period when swords were part of fashionable dress. Original copies are always very difficult to find …