Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Spurs
Y-shaped metal goads strapped to the heel, used to drive the horse on. Dating from early antiquity. Early medieval spurs were of simple prick type; rowel spurs date from the very late thirteenth century.
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- Cuisse
- Armor protecting thighs.
- Inlay
- See Damascening.
- Jadagna
- Club made of ironwood; sometimes fitted with a stone or metal spike in the head.
- War axe
- The term war axe is not a particular weapon but rather descriptive of an axe designed specifically for use in combat. War axes were generally…
