Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Bard, or Barding
A term for horse armor, which could be made from a variety of materials, including mail and plate.
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- Arquebus
- Also called Harquebus, Hackbut or Hagbush. A short gun used by infantry throughout the sixteenth and early seventeenth…
- Morning star
- Also called morgenstern. A form of spiked club , popular in the early sixteenth century.
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- Long spear with a small steel head, carried by infantrymen. Metal strips (cheeks) were riveted down the shaft from the point, to reinforce…
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- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
