Smallsword, ca. 1650–60, probably Paris, French, probably Paris, Steel, gold, wood, copper alloy, L. 41 in. ( cm); L. of

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Smallsword, ca. 1650–60, probably Paris, French, probably Paris, Steel, gold, wood, copper alloy, L. 41 in. ( cm); L. of blade 34 1/2 in. ( cm), Swords, While it was typical in Europe from at least the Middle Ages for a nobleman to wear a sword on a daily basis, not until the sixteenth century was there a pronounced difference between the swords worn with armor during times of war and those worn with civilian dress or in peacetime

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