List of medieval weapons

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The following is a list of Wikipedia articles of the types of weapons that were in use during the post-classical historical period (roughly between the mid 1st to mid 2nd millennia AD).

Offensive weapons[]

Melee weapons[]

Trauma and cleaving weapons[]

Swords and hilt weapons[]

Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight.

  • Arming sword
  • Dagger
  • Estoc
  • Falchion
  • Katana
  • Knife
  • Longsword
  • Rapier
  • Sabre or Saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
  • Shortsword
  • Ulfberht (Frankish)

Spears and polearms[]

Ranged weapons[]

Siege weapons[]

Warships[]

Animals in war[]

Defensive weapons[]

Armor[]

While armor is not technically a weapon, its use was driven by weapon technology and was a driving force in weapon development.

Fortifications[]

Medieval fortifications also developed in connection with the weapons that opposed them.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 12-13, Greece, 2002.
  2. ^ Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 12-13, Greece, 2002.
  3. ^ Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 13, Greece, 2002.
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