A report on Knight and Swordsmanship

A 14th century depiction of the 13th century German knight Hartmann von Aue, from the Codex Manesse.
Depiction of Chinese swordsman wielding a single-edged sword, from the Dan Dao Fa Xuan, c. 1626
A Norman knight slaying Harold Godwinson (Bayeux tapestry, c. 1070). The rank of knight developed in the 12th century from the mounted warriors of the 10th and 11th centuries.
Roman gladius
The battle between the Turks and Christian knights during the Ottoman wars in Europe
The MS I.33 manuscript, dated to ca. 1290, shows fencing with the arming sword and the buckler.
David I of Scotland knighting a squire
Sabre duel of German students, around 1900, painting by Georg Mühlberg (1863–1925)
The miles Christianus allegory (mid-13th century), showing a knight armed with virtues and facing the vices in mortal combat. The parts of his armour are identified with Christian virtues, thus correlating essential military equipment with the religious values of chivalry: The helmet is spes futuri gaudii (hope of future bliss), the shield (here the shield of the Trinity) is fides (faith), the armour is caritas (charity), the lance is perseverantia (perseverance), the sword is verbum Dei (the word of God), the banner is regni celestis desiderium (desire for the kingdom of heaven), the horse is bona voluntas (good will), the saddle is Christiana religio (Christian religion), the saddlecloth is humilitas (humility), the reins are discretio (discretion), the spurs are disciplina (discipline), the stirrups are propositum boni operis (proposition of good work), and the horse's four hooves are delectatio, consensus, bonum opus, consuetudo (delight, consent, good work, and exercise).
1763 fencing print from Domenico Angelo's instruction book. Angelo was instrumental in turning fencing into an athletic sport.
Tournament from the Codex Manesse, depicting the mêlée
Advertisement for Alfred Hutton's swordsmanship show at the Bath Club.
Elements of a harness of the late style of Gothic plate armour that was a popular style in the mid 15th to early 16th century (depiction made in the 18th century)
Sherden guards with double-edge swords
Page from King René's Tournament Book (BnF Ms Fr 2695)
A Chinese dao and scabbard of the 18th century
The Battle of Pavia in 1525. Landsknecht mercenaries with arquebus.
Kendo at an agricultural school in Japan around 1920
Fortified house – a family seat of a knight (Schloss Hart by the Harter Graben near Kindberg, Austria)
An excerpt from the Muyedobotongji: mounted double-sword (마상쌍검; 馬上雙劍)
The Battle of Grunwald between Poland-Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights in 1410
Filipino soldiers armed with bolos
Pippo Spano, the member of the Order of the Dragon
Angampora exponents with swords and bucklers.
The English fighting the French knights at the Battle of Crécy in 1346
Miniature from Jean Froissart Chronicles depicting the Battle of Montiel (Castilian Civil War, in the Hundred Years' War)
A modern artistic rendition of a chevalière of the Late Middle Ages.
A battle of the Reconquista from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
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The Battle of Pavia in 1525. Landsknecht mercenaries with arquebus.

As time passed, the spatha evolved into the arming sword, a weapon with a notable cruciform hilt common among knights in the Medieval Age.

- Swordsmanship

Older pages were instructed by knights in swordsmanship, equestrianism, chivalry, warfare, and combat (but using wooden swords and spears).

- Knight
A 14th century depiction of the 13th century German knight Hartmann von Aue, from the Codex Manesse.

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