The Middle Ages Get a Bad Rap

So you think Medieval knights were condemned to lug around unwieldy swords, while their Renaissance counterparts bounced around with mere wisps of metal weaponry? Dr. Timothy Dawson believes you've been grossly misinformed—a fact he expounds upon at length in one of Microkhan's all-time favorite publications, the Journal of Western Martial Art:

These results show that full size single-handed swords normally occur in the range of c.650g / 1lb 7oz to c.1400g / 3lb 1.5oz, with a few heavier example