Weapons of the Middle Ages :: History

Weapons of the Middle AgesHave you ever wondered what kinds of weapon systems were apply in the fondness ages? Or have you wondered how they used to slash and bash through the heavy armored knights while being attacked by flying arrows by the farsightedbowman? healthful here are the answers There were a wide variety of weapons in the middle ages, one of which was the indian lodge. The unify was mainly used to crush drum or fracture them. It was do of a light wood with a metal tip on the end and usually had spikes on them to subvert more damage. The club is the first battle royal weapon ever made and started in the Stone Age to kill deer or grotesque boar. As ages went by the club became less effective. After about 1400 A.D. the club was very rare to find in battle. What was interesting about the club is that it could easily be changed into a short-handled ax. All they had to do was either cut or take off the tip of the club and stick a sharp blade. The reason they some times changed the club into a short-handled ax, was because it could be thrown easily and inflict some pain, where the club when thrown, it was fleshy to throw and it inflicted little pain and damage. Another very useful weapon was the spear up. The spear was a skirmishers best friend. A skirmisher was a soldier that carried around a bag full of spears. To keep from giving overly much weight, they made the spear for the skirmishers with very lightweight wood, and a polished pointy spearhead. The skirmishers job was to take the spears and throw them at a long range. The difference between a bow and arrow and a spear was that the spear could easily be turned into a melee weapon. In fact, when a skirmisher had only one spear left, he took the spear, left the bag, and went melee style and went into the battle. The first spear was simply a sharpened reel tied onto a long stick, which was in the Stone Age, and wasnt used for killing people it was used to kill animals for food, usuall y. Probably the most roughhewn weapon, was the trade name. All kinds of swords, the standard sword, which was just a regular sword, the dagger, or knife, yes it was a type of sword, mainly a backup sword used if a soldiers weapon was dropped, and the great sword, which was a huge sword that can only be used in control if the soldier used two hands.