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The mace weapon is a shaft of wood attached to a ball of spicks. people have said that it is one of the best weapons, with one strike the person is DEAD! Hope this was what you were looking for!

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What is the difference between a mace and a morning star?

A mace is a straight club weapon with a fixed head, while a morning star consists of a spiked ball chained to a wooden handle.Anadditionalanswer: The basic answer here is correct, a mace isbasicallya metal headed club, and the morning starenhancesthis weapon with the presence of spikes.The more complex part of this answer is the question of the chain. Therecertainlywere flail weapons in the middle ages, but the striking end was typically a second sorter length of wood, perhapsreinforced by some metal. This weapon was derived from agricultural filesusedto thresh grain. The chain lets the end of the weapon snap around at the end of the swing, moving faster than the end of the handle section of the weapon, and thus deliver more energy that simply striking with a staff or club. The "spiked ball and chain" version was likely less common, although some extant version do exist.


When is a mace used?

When you want to bash someone - it's a hammer with a round (or square) head - meant for bashing out brains. a mace is a thick rod which has a chain attached to it .On the other end of the chain there is a round sphere witch mostly has spikes all around it.


Did the Templars use hammers as weapons?

he Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon commonly known as the Knights Templar were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders. The organization existed for approximately two centuries in the Middle Ages. The Hammer as a weapon was not a weapon used by the Templars. A blunt weapon the Templars used was the mace.


What nut is spice mace obtained from?

The spice mace is the 'aril' or extra covering around the nut known as nutmeg, which is itself used as a spice and has a different taste from that of mace.


Why was the mace important to medieval society?

The mail and armor of the medieval knights was designed with the hope of preventing penetration by swords, spears of various types and arrows. A mace did not need to penetrate armor to inflict damage on the person wearing it. Often, a mace dented the armor, breaking bones beneath it in the process. But in fact, the mace could injure or kill even if the armor was left undamaged. The mace's energy was transferred to the person, and even if it was distributed by the armor, the person's body had to absorb it somehow. So a blow to a helmet could break a knight's neck, even if the helmet was undamaged. The power of the mace made it a symbol in society, and symbolic maces were held by monarchs as they sat on their thrones in ceremonies. Ultimately, the mace was not the weapon that ended the time of knights on horseback. Archers did that, because the bows and arrows had progressed to the point that they could go through the armor. Knights began to fight dismounted with heavy pole arms to act as protectors to the archers. And in the end, muskets and cannons made all of these weapons useless.