The small sword or smallsword (also court sword, fr: L'épée de cour or dress sword) is a light one-handed
sword designed for thrusting. The smallsword evolved out of the longer and heavier
rapier of the late
Renaissance. The height of the smallsword's popularity was between mid
17th and late
18th century. It is thought to have appeared in
France and spread quickly across the rest of
Europe. The comparative lightness of the smallsword and the resulting ease of manipulation led to the development of the sophisticated handwork and the linear footwork of modern
fencing, and it can be considered as the immediate predecessor of the modern
foil and
épée.
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