This reminds me how national pride inflates history and promotes legends.
We have in exhibition in the Oporto military museum a sword attributed to our first King, Afonso Henriques (11XX-1185), the founder of our nationality. Despite this sword is admitedly a weapon of one Monarch (won't bore you with details), there is no doubt, even for the least experienced newbie that, this sword is of a style developed three centuries later. I understand this discrepancy has been raised a thousand times to the centers of decision but, who has the guts to dismantle such an historic legend ... one phisicaly depicted ?
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