Note the very large two hander strapped to the waist of the Swedish guy (who is soon to enter a world of pain and suffering...)
That the German Dolstein was exaggerating the backwards appearance of the Swede is certain, but he would not show two handers worn at the waist if this was not done (at least in the backwards fringes of Europe at this time).
You can see long gripped two handers worn at the waist also in Swiss chronicles, but these would be dated to the 15th C rather than the 16th C. So perhaps we can make a guess that the custom to wear a long sword or even two hander at the waist was a practice that was normal in the 15th C, but became old fashioned in the 16th C?
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