Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Hand-and-a-half sword
See bastard sword.
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- Arquebus
- Also called Harquebus, Hackbut or Hagbush. A short gun used by infantry throughout the sixteenth and early seventeenth…
- Fort
- See Forte'.
- Nasal
- Plate defence on early medieval helmets, often riveted to the bottom of the skull to cover the nose and middle of the face.
- Spurs
- Y-shaped metal goads strapped to the heel, used to drive the horse on. Dating from early antiquity. Early medieval spurs were of simple prick type;…
