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Two-handed Swords in Serbia
"Active weapons were swords, spears, swords, beating, sticks, bats, partisans, mace, battle-axe, bow and arrow dart.
There are two basic types of swords that have suffered time and practice certain adjustments. The first kind are long heavy swords that were used with both hands. The other species are thin and small swords that are used with one hand and suitable for close combat.
From the initial brief and broad, contest and dozens have corrected it in all the long and thin, sharpened on both sides and adapted more for picking than slashing.In time of Nemanjic a long heavy swords were used , great swords, which were kept with both hands at the end of the apple sword handle sword served not to drop and not to slip out of hand."
"Two-handed swords were widespread in almost all of Europe and therefore to us. In fact, most of the archaeological finds of medieval swords from our area have just been a knight swords, which were held with two hands. In Serbia, the time came and foreign mercenaries, such as detachment of 500 cavalry under the leadership of German knights Palman. This German nobleman came to Serbia 1331, where he and his warriors faithfully served the Emperor Dusan until his death 1355. Just a year after Knight Palman entered the service of King Dusan in Prizren its capital came from Dubrovnik Macar (sword-craftsmen) Martolo with his son. The fact that in Serbia Macar came by to talk as he knew that forging a different, better swords than domestic Macari, dvoručnjake be exactly as they brought the German mercenaries. It is known that mercenaries from Spain, Italy and other countries came to fight for the Serbian rulers and even the time of Dusan's grandfather, King Milutin, but two-handed swords then were not yet widespread in southern Europe. Among the archaeological findings from our area there are plenty of swords on which there is a sign of a wolf, the German sword-craftsmen from the city Pasaule. It tells us that, in addition to domestic production, bringing swords to Serbia from these, the best of sword-craftsmen's workshops."
Two handed sword from Bijeljina
sign of wolf on the sword
"we have people, the light crown, and ten times more soldiers, but weapons and military equipment is not enough, and it is expensive. It should be assault weapons: spears, swords, maces, bows and arrows. Should be great for beating swords, with two hands..."
sry for some grammatical mistakes. i used google translate, i was too lazy to translate myself
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Originally Posted by matija191
