The Art of the Sword - The Wallace Collection
In the early years of the sixteenth century, a sudden and extraordinary change in fashion took place. The sword, an implement previously restricted to the battlefield and the parade ground, became an item to be worn with everyday civilian clothes (provided, of course, that you were of appropriate rank). Thus was born the espada de ropera - literally "dress sword", a phrase which turned into the English "rapier"
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