By François Henri GuyonOriginally published in Punta Dritta July AS XL (2005) Sword For much of the middle ages it was uncommon for people to wear swords as part of everyday dress. A knight would wear his sword on ceremonial occasions, and travellers would wear swords on journeys, but most people in England and France […]
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By Francois Henry GuyonOriginally published in Punta Dritta January AS XXXV (2001) My father sent me a clipping from the paper the other day. Entitled “Cut down to size” [1]; it details some rapier demonstrations at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England. It is a short six-paragraph article, which talks about Queen Elizabeth the first’s […]