List of medieval weapons
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Medieval weapons varied from simple tools to complex engines of emerging medieval warfare technology.
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[edit] Axes
- Battle Axe
- Doloire
- Francisca
- Mattock (improvised)
[edit] Daggers and knives
- Anelace
- Baselard
- Cinquedea
- Dirk
- Ear Dagger
- Großes Messer
- Machete
- Mercygiver
- Poniard
- Rondel
- Scramasax
- Seax
- Stiletto
- Sword breaker
[edit] Swords
- Broadsword
- Claymore
- Cutlass
- Falchion
- Flamberge
- Foil (fencing)
- Longsword
- Rapier
- Sabre
- Spatha
- Shortsword
- Zweihander
- Katana
[edit] Blunt weapons
[edit] Spears and other Polearms (axes included)
- Bill
- Footman's lance
- Glaive
- Guisarme
- Halberd
- Lance
- Lochaber Axe
- Man catcher
- Military fork
- Partisan
- Pike
- Plançon a picot
- Ranseur
- Spetum
- Swordstaff
- Voulge
- War-scythe
- war hammer
[edit] Tactic
[edit] Ranged
[edit] Siege
[edit] Warships
[edit] Armour
While armour is not technically a weapon, its development was both driven by weapon technology and a driving force for that same technology in return.
[edit] Fortification
Medieval fortifications also developed in connection with the weapons that opposed them.
- Battlement
- Barbican
- Castle
- Citadel
- City wall
- Curtain wall
- Drawbridge
- Gate
- Moat
- Motte-and-bailey
- Murder-hole
- Portcullis
- See also: Military technology and equipment