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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784190903321

Autore

Waldman John

Titolo

Hafted weapons in medieval and Renaissance Europe [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of European staff weapons between 1200 and 1650 / / by John Waldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2005

ISBN

1-280-86815-5

9786610868155

1-4294-5314-1

90-474-0757-1

1-4337-0520-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

History of warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; v. 31

Disciplina

623.4/41

Soggetti

Polearms - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Illustrations; Foreword by Walter J. Karcheski, Jr.; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One. General Background and Forerunners; Chapter Two. Halberds; Chapter Three. Extant Examples of Halberds; Chapter Four. Different Styles in Simultaneous Use; Chapter Five. Fastenings, Poles, and Finishing Procedures; Chapter Six. The Use of Halberds; Chapter Seven. Halberds: Details of Rapid Identification; Chapter Eight. Glaives; Chapter Nine. Bills; Chapter Ten. Partizans; Chapter Eleven. The Morgenstern Group; Chapter Twelve. Ahlspiesse; Chapter Thirteen. Axes and Axe Derivatives

Chapter Fourteen. The Guisarme and the BardicheChapter Fifteen. The Brandistocco, Corseke, and Related Weapons; Chapter Sixteen. Vouge and Couteau de Brè€che; Chapter Seventeen. The Military Scythe; Chapter Eighteen. The Jedburgh Staff and Lochaber Axe; Chapter Nineteen. The Doloir; Chapter Twenty. Conservation and Restoration of Polearms; Chapter Twenty-One. The Marketplace; Postscript; List of Marks; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This archival source document of the Middle Ages and Renaissance describes the development, manufacture and use of European staff



weapons and provides new information using existing objects and archival material. Their effect on the modern map of Europe is discussed.