Schiavonesca

The Schiavonesca also Spada schiavonesca (Italian Slavic sword) was a sword usually in the form of a one-and-a-half-handed sword, which first appeared in South Eastern Europe in the later 14th century Edit source text

As a feature, the Shiavonesca had the paring rod like a hook in the form of an S, which not only intercept the enemy's blows as usual, but, as far as possible, capture the opponent's blade and snatch its sword or lead it away. The technique has been adapted from battles with the Ottomans and their sabers. The oldest known models of the Shiavonesca are known from Serbia at the end of the 14th century, but the swords were also common in Byzantium and Hungary, which means that a more exact origin of these swords remains unexplained. In the 15th century Albanian, Greek and Slavic mercenaries, the so-called Dalmatians, also the Guard for the Doge, the sword to Venice, where it received its present Italian designation. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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