Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Guide To Medieval Weapons

Technological conditions and the nature of the availability of raw materials are the foundation of every culture arsenal at any time in the history of mankind. Prehistoric people, often in the Stone Age civilization were known for their intelligent use of grinding tools, stone and the design of the shafts, and arrows and spears as weapons for survival strategies. But this implementation over the years, the technological competence of these cultures improved.

The development of metal tools, equipment and weapons, were held in the Middle Ages, during the Bronze Age and Iron Age and after, that these instruments have, over time, has changed dramatically. The castle was one of the most formidable weapon of medieval warfare, but if we are on the smaller weapons, there were many fatal, are those who are movable and directed devastation and death of the opponent. The Middle Ages was the dominance of the double-sharp swords, metal tip spears and axes and arrows and weapons under arms were soon in vogue. A very interesting fact that it is quite well known in this context that the very swords of Saxony's assessment of the value of a sword as equivalent to the value of 120 oxen or 15 male slaves, and therefore great interest and the status of a man with a sword. Because these weapons are easy to build and easy to use, in the Middle Ages these weapons are still popular.

In conjunction with the rapidly growing popularity of horse warfare that supposedly easy movement and can benefit from martial horsemen instead Spears and the beginning of the massive siege engines, and finally hand-operated weapons, such as helped the Norman invaders to master the technologically less-developed people.

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