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King Charles III Rapier Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain M385

The King Charles III Rapier Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain is a replica reproduction of a guard sword that belonged to King Chalres III (Charles III of Bourbon, king of Naples from 1735 to 1759 and king of Spain from 1759 to 1788). Charles the Third (Carlos the Third) was a man of great dynamic spirit, and promoted cultural and economic growth. Founder of the Royal Factory of Weapons of Toledo, he was a promoter of important architectural work. King Chalres III contributed with soldiers and weapons to the independence of the United States of America. King Charles the Third is best known in Italy for granting independence to the south of the Peninsula after two centuries of Spanish and Austrian rule.

The King Charles III Rapier Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain has a Toledo steel made blade, etched on its upper part. The cast metal hilt has a shell guard provided with knuckleguard, typical of the17th - 18th centuries rapiers. The pommel is chalice shaped and the handgrip is wrapped in metal string.  
  
Features

Overall Length: 100 cms - 40 inches

Blade: AISI 440 Stainless Steel - fully tempered - etched

Handle: Zamak Nickel Plated

 
 

Shirasaya Katana Samurai Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain M200

The Shirasaya Katana Samurai Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain features a high-quality blade made of 420s stainless steel  hardened and sharpened. Scabbard and handle made of bright natural wood. Japanese strokes and symbols are additional on Saya and the handle.  
   
Features

Overall Length: 98 cms - 38 1/2 inches

Blade:  420s Stainless Steel

Handle: Wood

Scabbard: Wood
 
 

Shirasaya Wakizashi Samurai Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain M201

The Shirasaya Wakizashi Samurai Sword by Marto of Toledo Spain features a high-quality blade made of hardened and sharpened 420s stainless steel. Scabbard and handle made of bright natural wood. Japanese strokes and symbols adorn the Saya and handle. 
   
Features

Overall Length: 64 cms - 25 1/2 inches

Blade:  420s Stainless Steel

Handle: Wood

Scabbard: Wood
 
 

The Tudors: England's Notorious Dynasty Book 27-978-0-385-34077-9
For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess.

In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country.

The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a second English Reformation. Mary I, the disgraced daughter of Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic Church and produce an heir. And finally came Elizabeth I, who devoted her life to creating an image of herself as Gloriana the Virgin Queen but, behind that mask, sacrificed all chance of personal happiness in order to survive. 
 
The Tudors weaves together all the sinners and saints, the tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to love.
Cathar Castles: Fortresses / Albigensian Crusade 27-978-1-84603-066-6
In the early 12th century AD a large area of present-day France was not under the direct control of the French king. In fact, the French king's direct authority stretched little further than Paris and the area immediately around it, the Ile de France. Many of the other regions were semi-independent duchies and counties, controlled by, amongst others, the King of England and the Holy Roman Emperor. One such area free from direct French control was the Languedoc, the area stretching from the Massif Central south to the Pyrenees, and as far as the river Rhone to the east. This area was under the loose overlordship of the counts of Toulouse, and by the beginning of the 12th century the whole region had become the centre of an early form of Protestantism called Catharism that flourished to an extraordinary degree and threatened the rule of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Innocent III, alarmed at this heresy and the unwillingness of the southern nobility to do much to uproot it, launched a crusade in 1209 against European Christians. The crusading army, represented the established Church consisting predominatly of northern French knights. They saw this as an opportunity both to 'take the cross' and to obtain new lands and wealth for themselves more conveniently than crusading to the Holy land. This, the Albigensian Crusade, became a brutal struggle between the north and the south of France as much as between orthodox Roman Catholic and heretic Cathar.

The inhabitants of the Languedoc had always relied for their safety upon a series of strongly fortified walled cities, such as Albi, Carcassonne, Béziers, Toulouse and a large number of fortified hill-top villages and castles which dotted the countryside. These so-called 'Cathar Castles' now became the last refuge against the invading crusaders and the conflict developed into a series of protracted and bloody sieges that lasted for over 30 years. The author describes these two very different types of fortification, the walled city and the hill-top castle. He explains why they were positioned where they were, how they were built, and the defensive principles behind their construction, and also reviews how well they withstood the test of the Albigensian Crusade.
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