What is a mace?
Well, a mace is a relatively simple weapon which uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to distribute powerful blows.
It is a development of a club. A mace made up of a strong, heavy, wooden, metal-reinforced shaft with a head made out of stone, copper, bronze, iron and steel.
Maces vary in length. The maces of foot soldiers were usually short like about 70 to 90. The maces of cavalrymen were even longer and better designed. Two-handed maces could be even larger in length.
What types of blunt weapons were there?
There are various types of blunt weapons such as clubs and maces, Morningstars, Holy Water Sprinklers, Flails, War Hammers and Horsemen’s Picks.
Well, the Morningstar is a medieval weapon that consist a spiked club like a mace but it was extended further and had smaller spikes around the particle of the head.
The Holy Water Sprinklers was a morning star as well but it was used in the English army in the sixteenth century. These weapons were made by professional smiths.
The flail is a weapon commonly attributed to the Middle-Ages. The weapon has one weights attached to a handle with a hinge or chain.
And many more.
Who made the blunt weapons?
The only people in the medieval times that would suit best in making blunt weapons were the blacksmiths. They had various ways and techniques of making a blunt weapon. A mace made up of a strong, heavy, wooden, metal-reinforced shaft with a head made out of stone, copper, bronze, iron and steel.
What is the differences between Medieval Europe and today?
Well, maces are rarely used for combat today because of new development of weapons. Government bodies, universities and other institutions have ceremonial maces used as symbols of authority, in rituals and processions, and for other purposes.
But today people use guns.
Motives and Actions. Why did they use blunt weapons?
Knights used blunt weapons because it allowed great penetration to the armour. It enabled to inflict damage on well armoured knights because the blow of a mace is large enough to cause damage without penetrating the armour. Unlike other weapons are didn’t have any effect on the armour.
One example of a mace that is capable of penetrating armour is the flanged mace. The flanged mace is different from the other maces because its extended edges of metal allow it to dent or penetrate even the thickest armour. These maces did not become popular until after knobbed maces. The flanged mace did not become popular in Europe until the 12th century.
Timeline
6000BC Cave paintings of first clubs in Africa.
· 1066AD Bishop Odo and William I carry maces at the Battle of Hastings.
· 1200-1600 Morning stars, maces, war hammers employed in battle.
· 1856 Truncheons used by police in Great Britian.
· 1914-1918 Clubs used in trench raids during World War 1 They were used at night when silence and stealth were vital.
Sources
http://www.medievalwarfare.info/weapons.htm
Ancient Weapons Book
Well, a mace is a relatively simple weapon which uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to distribute powerful blows.
It is a development of a club. A mace made up of a strong, heavy, wooden, metal-reinforced shaft with a head made out of stone, copper, bronze, iron and steel.
Maces vary in length. The maces of foot soldiers were usually short like about 70 to 90. The maces of cavalrymen were even longer and better designed. Two-handed maces could be even larger in length.
What types of blunt weapons were there?
There are various types of blunt weapons such as clubs and maces, Morningstars, Holy Water Sprinklers, Flails, War Hammers and Horsemen’s Picks.
Well, the Morningstar is a medieval weapon that consist a spiked club like a mace but it was extended further and had smaller spikes around the particle of the head.
The Holy Water Sprinklers was a morning star as well but it was used in the English army in the sixteenth century. These weapons were made by professional smiths.
The flail is a weapon commonly attributed to the Middle-Ages. The weapon has one weights attached to a handle with a hinge or chain.
And many more.
Who made the blunt weapons?
The only people in the medieval times that would suit best in making blunt weapons were the blacksmiths. They had various ways and techniques of making a blunt weapon. A mace made up of a strong, heavy, wooden, metal-reinforced shaft with a head made out of stone, copper, bronze, iron and steel.
What is the differences between Medieval Europe and today?
Well, maces are rarely used for combat today because of new development of weapons. Government bodies, universities and other institutions have ceremonial maces used as symbols of authority, in rituals and processions, and for other purposes.
But today people use guns.
Motives and Actions. Why did they use blunt weapons?
Knights used blunt weapons because it allowed great penetration to the armour. It enabled to inflict damage on well armoured knights because the blow of a mace is large enough to cause damage without penetrating the armour. Unlike other weapons are didn’t have any effect on the armour.
One example of a mace that is capable of penetrating armour is the flanged mace. The flanged mace is different from the other maces because its extended edges of metal allow it to dent or penetrate even the thickest armour. These maces did not become popular until after knobbed maces. The flanged mace did not become popular in Europe until the 12th century.
Timeline
6000BC Cave paintings of first clubs in Africa.
· 1066AD Bishop Odo and William I carry maces at the Battle of Hastings.
· 1200-1600 Morning stars, maces, war hammers employed in battle.
· 1856 Truncheons used by police in Great Britian.
· 1914-1918 Clubs used in trench raids during World War 1 They were used at night when silence and stealth were vital.
Sources
http://www.medievalwarfare.info/weapons.htm
Ancient Weapons Book