Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Morion
Form of a helmet with a distinctively curved brim and a high crest.
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- Fauld
- Armour (usually composed of horizontal lames) attached to the bottom edge of a breastplate to protect the abdomen.
- War hammer
- Also called martel and horseman's pick. A short-hafted hammer used mainly in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries…
- Gladius
- The Legions patterned their short swords after those of the Spanish Celts. The historian, Polybius, says they were introduced into the army during…
- Goupillon
- Steel, three-pronged horseman's flail used; head could be spiked or plain.
