Bastard Sword The Bastard Sword, or sometimes called the longsword or the hand and a half swords during the later periods, were weapons that usually had a narrow and more tapered blade It became a highly popular weapon because of its extended reach, as well as its thrusting and cutting abilities;Long Sword and Bastard Sword The Elizabethan long sword (cf George Silver and Joseph Swetnam) is a singlehanded "cutandthrust" sword with a four foot long blade similar to the long rapier"Let thy Rapier or (long) Sword be foure foote at the least, and thy dagger two footeHistorical (15th to 16th century) terms for this type of sword included the Italian spadaJoseph Swetnam states that the bastard sword is midway in length between an arming sword and a long sword, and Randall Cotgrave's definition seems to imply this, as well The French épée de passot was also known as épée bâtarde citation needed (ie, bastard sword) and also coustille à croix 23 (literally a crosshilted blade)
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