From Encyclopedia
- Besagew
- Large, sliding roundel, protecting joints on a human body.
- Harquebus
- See arquebus.
- Lance
- Typical weapon of a man-at-arms. Firstly a long (9 ft) spear but later developed into a heavier and even longer form unsuited for infantry.
- Spangenhelm
- A modern German term describing conical helmets constructed of a number of segments riveted together; descended from Late Roman prototypes.
