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And I also hate when movies display European swords (Especially two-handed swords) as heavy and unwieldy.
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Well, weren't most of them like that? I mean, with the amount of armor the guys used, you needed a big sword to pull down a knight, and most of times you didn't even kill him (just throw him off his horse and take him prisoner). Of course, you had the less armored peasants running around, but I doubt many of them used swords.
I'm not an expert on the matter though.