Medieval Weapons

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Swords



Swords played a big role and was the most used weapon of the medieval ages. There were mainly two categories of swords. Single-handed-swords and two-handed-swords. single swords were very popular to the lower class people because they were very sharp and meant death because of there sharp deep cuts. A trick that the people used was to put snake venom on the swords before battle so they know there opponet or opponets death
was guaranteed. Two-handed-swords weren't as popular because of there heavy weight, a warrior would have heavy armor and a heavy sword, thus only strong men could withhold that amount of weight. Swords were the most common weapon for rich or for poor swords were very important.

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