Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Arming doublet
Quilted garment worn under armour from the early fifteenth century, equipped with points to attach mail gussets and pieces of armour.
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- Broadsword
- Term usually stands for Medieval swords which is, in fact, wrong. This misnomer comes from Victorian collectors of the early 19th century.
- Kite-shaped shield
- A large, elongated triangular shield with a rounded top used throughout Europe from the tenth to the thirteenth century, commonly…
- 'Spanish' morion
- See cabasset and morion.
- Onager
- Roman Ballista, so named after a wild ass because of the way it kicked back upon firing. It was most common in the armies in the mid 4th century…
