The German Lochaber Axe possessed enough power to decapitate a horse.
In the Middle Ages
why did the middle ages people use weapons
Stones.
Microliths are small stone tools or weapons man made of different shapes at the middle ston age [mesolithic age]
All well known projectile weapons were used before Middle age. Bows and crosbows were used in ancient China, Greece, Roman Empire.... Masive use of crosbow and later firearms in the Middle age time was end of classical chivalry and knights.
Weapons and armor were made by an armorer. Or at least that was the theory; many weapons were originally scythes, sickles, pitchforks, and the like, and were the product of village blacksmiths.
Facts on Mongol weapons
See the question: What are some weapons used in the middle ages?
Middle Age's= Jab, slash, hack Modern = Bang, boom, explode.
In the middle ages they used weapons such as daggers, knives, swords, clubs, flails, hammers, spears, axes, bows, muskets, slings, javelins and more. They also used animals in war like dogs and horses.
Today's weapons are different from those of the Middle Ages for the same reason that we ride in cars instead of carts. Things change.
No, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a middle-age themed fantasy RPG, meaning you can only use sharp, blunt, bows and such weapons that are from the MIDDLE AGE period of time... :) I dunno about Skyrim tho we might use guns in Skyrim :P