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The Swiss ''degen'' (''ドイツ語:Schweizerdegen'') was a short sword, an elongated version of the Swiss dagger, with the same double-crescent shape of the guard. It was used as a type of side arm in the Old Swiss Confederacy and especially by Swiss mercenaries, from the first half of the 15th century until the mid 16th century. The native term used in the 15th century for this weapon was ''basler''. The term ''Schweizerdegen'' (as Early New High German ''ドイツ語:Schwytzertägen'') is first attested in 1499. The blade length could be anywhere between and . Although there was a general trend towards longer blades over time, this development was not linear and disparate blade lengths coexisted throughout the 15th century, and only in the 16th century a more or less discrete split between the short dagger (''ドイツ語:dolch'') and the long ''ドイツ語:degen'' becomes evident. These weapons were widely worn both by soldiers and by civilians. They were very popular with the Swiss mercenary pikemen throughout the late 15th and early 16th century. ''Degen'' were not usually issued as ordnance weapons, but purchased privately as secondary weapons by soldiers. For this reason, there never emerged a definite standard form, and variations in hilt and blade design remained the rule from their inception in the 13th century until the weapon's decline in the 17th century. The Cgm 558 ''ドイツ語:Fechtbuch'' (Hugo Wittenwiler) mentions a few techniques for unarmed defense against an attack with a ''ドイツ語:basler'' (Swiss degen). Use of the weapon has parallels to the fencing with the German ''ドイツ語:Messer'', and indeed the section on the ''basler'' in Wittenwiler's treatise takes the place of the ''Messer'' section in comparable German manuscripts (Wittenwiler treats ''ドイツ語:basler'' techniques alongside the longsword, rondel dagger (''ドイツ語:tegen''), Swiss dagger (''ドイツ語:kurzes messer'') and unarmed ''ringen''). The ''ドイツ語:Schweizerdegen'' type of secondary weapon evolved into the Early Modern fascine knife used by artillerists. ==See also== *List of sword types *List of daggers *Baselard *Swiss dagger *Swiss saber *Swiss sword 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swiss degen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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