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The upper half of this page needs better formatting, organizing and fact checking. I'll put a list of things I found wrong with it, but I don't want to make major changes without putting it up for discussion first. 1-Greatsowds should be a new bullet point, not jumbled in with long swords. 2-Rapiers should be in a new category, not with great swords. 3-Zweihander and Montante are two words for the same weapon in different languages. 4-The bastard sword is completely backwards, it was a two-handed weapon that still retained maneuverability if wielded one-handed. 5-I doubt the grand majority of the spatha section, all I can say for certainty is that vikings did not wield them, but their descendant the Carthaginian or Ulfbert. (Maybe add that as a bullet point?) 6-Also, perhaps it shouldn't be split up int long swords, great swords, transitional swords and short swords, but rather by broad groupings, with sub bullet points for things like the Zweihander.

Gonna start fact-checking and correcting style. I'll try to look it up myself, but in case I fail to find anything, can anyone provide references for a) where the term transition sword comes from and b) the use of Zweihanders to cut off pikeheads?

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