Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Espadon
Two-handed sword of the 15th century.
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- Armour
- Usually metal pieces made specially for their purpose - to protect their wearer's body against thrust, stabs and any other kind of attacks. Comprises…
- Lucerne hammer
- A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Tilt
- A barrier of wood covered in cloth to separate the jousters as they ran a course. Introduced m the fifteenth century to stop headlong…
- Falx
- The falx is a curved cutlass-like blade on the end of a long wooden (almost spear-like) handle. Unlike a cutlass, however, the falx is sharpened…
