This is a list of weapons that were used during the medieval period. Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight.

This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, prior to the advent of the early modern period, i.e., approximately prior to the start of the 16th century.

Here are some of the main wepons used in the Middle Ages (described in detail below). Ranged Weapons. Swords. A sword is a long, edged piece of forged metal, used in many civilisations throughout the world, primarily as a cutting or thrusting weapon and occasionally for clubbing.

By the years of the Islamic golden age, the sabers and double-edged swords of the Middle East co-existed. In the later years of the Arab sword, of the seven listed places by Al-Kindi where it was manufactured, four remained by the later half of the 13th century.

The expression “Islamic arms and armor” is a term often somewhat restrictively applied to arms and armor of the Mamluk period (1250–1517) in Egypt and Syria, the Ottoman empire (ca. 1299–1922), the Near East, especially Persia, and those areas of …

2019年1月22日 · When picturing medieval European warfare, we usually focus on the knights—glamorous aristocratic warriors fighting with sword and lance. But while these …

From the 16th century there are numerous examples of sumptuously decorated armor and weapons, including items made for the Electors of Saxony and their bodyguard troops; a select group of English armors made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich, founded by Henry VIII; and a personal armor made for Henry II, King of France.

2022年1月12日 · A wide range of weapons were used in medieval warfare and personal combats both for defensive and offensive purposes. Sword was by far the most popular weapon but medieval knights also used a flail, consisting of a spiked head attached to …

Before analysing the arms and armour of the infantrymen and cavalrymen of Western Europe and the Muslim world of the Middle East, there needs to be an overview of the major, key events which transpired between the First (1096) and the Fourth Crusade (1204).

2001年10月1日 · Weapons were the spear, sword, ax, and the bow and arrow. At the height of the Middle Ages, Saint Anselm (ca. 1033–1109) listed the equipment of a knight: his war horse …