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So, guessing by the previous link, the weapons of the Civil War and probably other times before the Sabre and the Bayonet and all turned up, were Arming Swords, albiet with 'Rapier like' hilts? Oh, and by Broadswords, I meant later affairs. Ok. I didn't know that there were so few real lines in swor...

So, the weapons seen on English Civil War were not Rapiers? So what were they? Broadswords? Would I be right in guessing that Sabres appeared in the 18th century? And that Medievel Arming and Two Handed Swords dissapeared in the 16th century? And next time I can get to the Library I'll try to have e...

Basically, I’m an amateur (very amateur) historian interested in a timeline of European military weapons from about the 11th century through to the 20th to help with an essay I’m writing. It’s all for fun really, and most of it, like all aspects of my knowledge (Expelled from school early, mostly se...