There he makes wine and displays his European arms and armor, including seven 16th-century pikes (2.5-meter-long spears) and halberds (pikes with hatchet blades).

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There he makes wine and displays his European arms and armor, including seven 16th-century pikes (8-foot-long spears) and halberds (pikes with hatchet blades).

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Today, Papal Swiss Guards still carry halberds on ceremonial occasions.

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The Oxford theory is ridiculous, yet the filmmakers go all the way with it, producing endless scenes of indecipherable court intrigue in dark, smoky rooms, and a fashion show of ruffs, farthingales, and halberds.

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