Beyond the League: Chapter 10
“a sabre was a curved blade that was smaller than other swords like a katana or a broadsword, but it turned out to actually be quite effective; it delivered a deadly cut, it was fast and it was the weapon of choice for cavalry during the renaissance era -when
Fumigantlocology Compendium
The "four loves" version comes to us filtered through christian theologians and philosophers in the late classical through the renaissance eras, and so to some extent is colored by that perspective.