To assign an exact date to this sword is very difficult. This type of
sword was once thought to be from the later Middle Ages. Recent
scholarship has shown that a much earlier date should be applied to
many of this type of sword. The leading expert on medieval swords
comments that it could be from as early as 1100 to as late as 1250.
From Encyclopedia
- Ailette
- A flat plate of leather or parchment (square, round or diamond-shaped) which tied to the point of the shoulder. Worn between 1250-1350 to…
- Armet
- Close-fitted helmet with a visor and hinged cheek coverings. More sofisticated than bascinet and less sofisticated than…
- Arming sword
- Also short sword. Single-handed weapon which looks like a simple longsword. Attached to the a knight’s belt.
- Arquebus
- Also called Harquebus, Hackbut or Hagbush. A short gun used by infantry throughout the sixteenth and early seventeenth…
