Stories, curiosities, and guides to explore the medieval world and discover the origin of every piece.
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Knives
Since its humble beginnings in 1943, Windlass Steel Crafts has come a long way with its swords, knives and daggers available worldwide. The company was founded by Mr....
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Biography. Known by the Castilians as Boabdil, Abu Abd Allah was born in Granada within the Nasrid dynasty in 1459. His reign lasted relatively short, from 1482 to...
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The Sword of Christopher Columbus appears in numerous paintings during the discovery of America and is therefore one of the most popular and well-known. Christopher Columbus began as...
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We have selected a beautiful collection of spectacular swords with American motifs, unique for their beauty and quality, made in Toledo (Spain), special for collectors of these authentic...
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The most famous archers of the Middle Ages were the Swiss William Tell and the English Robin Hood. Their exploits, whether historical or legendary, were sung in medieval...
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Devilish swords refer to or are related to the devil. In Christianity, the Devil is an evil supernatural being and tempter of men; In the New Testament this...
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Biography. According to the Templar chronology, Hugo de Payens was born in 1070 at Chateau de las Payens. Not much is known about his real family or his...
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Some experts in the sport of fencing and in the use of foil say that “a sword puts history in your hand. When many people see her, they...
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There are many types of functional combat swords. The most common are usually the so-called training and functional ones, which come in different styles such as katanas, sabers,...
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Films and series
The movie Gladiator is very present in the popular imagination for being one of the best-made epic films in history, with a very strong plot and, at the...
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The Romanesque was a clearly Christian artistic style predominant in Western Europe during the 11th, 12th and part of the 13th centuries. It arose as a consequence of...
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The bolo, similar to the machete and kukri, is a large cutting tool of Filipino origin, used in the Philippines, the jungles of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, as...
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The typical Medieval Sword (Oakeshott types The length of the…
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King James I of Aragon, “The Conqueror” had a sword and also a two-handed greatsword, known as his battle sword. James I, King of Aragon, Mallorca and Valencia, Count...
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Alexander the Great's walking sword comes with its corresponding official scabbard and certificate of authenticity. The military tactics used by Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) show that he was...
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Catharism was a Christian sect considered heretical that developed in Western Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries. The religion flourished in an area known as Languedoc, widely...
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Saint Maurice or Saint Maurice Martyr was an officer of the Theban Legion of Christian soldiers of Upper Egypt during the reign of Emperor Maximian Herculius, around the...
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Biography. Son of illustrious merchants of the Venetian Republic, Marco Polo was born in 1254 to travel and leave testimony ("The discovery of the world", "The million" or "Book...
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