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Medieval Warfare
Medieval Warfare refers to warfare during the Middle Ages (5th – 15th century). This period saw a significant change in military weapons and tactics, with the introduction of gun powder, personal armor, and siege warfare.
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What are the disadvantages of a siege?
They can't cross dykes, ditches or particularly rocky ground. Compared the alternative, ladders, they have a great number more advantages.
What is barley used for in the medieval times?
Barley was a major grain crop in medievalEurope It was malted for use in brewing to make beer and ale, and also cooked in bread, soups, stews, etc.
What is the difference between glaives voulges pole-arms and forks?
All of them are pole-arms - a polearm is simply a weapon type that includes a wooden pole or haft as part of the weapon.
The military fork is simply a long spiked fork, usually two prongs, on the end of a haft.
The glaive and voulge are visually very similar, both are a long cleaver-shaped blade on the end of a haft. The difference is that the glaive is generally mounted with a long socket, and has a projecting spike or hook (often very elaborate in later ones) on the back of the blade.
The voulge, in contrast, is mounted with metal straps which wrap around the haft, and sometimes run down it as well.
What war was at the end of the Middle Ages?
Different people have different ideas about the date of the end of the Middle Ages. Three of these dates are associated with wars. One of these was the Hundred Years' War, which ended officially in 1453. Another was the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars, which also ended in 1453 with the fall of Constantinople. Another war used as a marker for the end of the Middle Ages was the Wars of the Roses, which ended in 1485.
Whatever the common armor in his culture was, only higher quality.
What is a backhanded sword stroke?
If you mean just turning the blade around to use the main edge swinging outward, it is mostly called being unskilled.
If you are referring to using the inside (back) edge of a sword to attack, there is no specific name as there are so many techniques that incorporate the inside/false/back edge.
Read up of Fiore Dei Liberi, Johannes Lichtenauer, and Hans Talhoffer, their manuscripts show a lot of techniques incorporating the inside edge, each with different names.
What is the length of the English longbow?
In official classification, English Longbows must be at least six feet tall, and this is a true representation of historic Longbows as well.
The typical Longbow was taller than its user, in order to distribute the bow's massive force along the bow and reduce snapping.
What crimes were considered non-serious crime in medieval times?
How crimes were regarded varied, of course, from country to country and from time to time.
In 12th century England, as an example, there were four capital crimes, which were murder, treason, arson, and rape.
Most lesser crimes were categorized according to some criterion of value. For example, stealing a cow was a worse crime than stealing some hen's eggs.
And of course, the person who asked the question is the only one who know what is meant by non-serious.
On dungeon siege how do you submit a cheat?
Press enter, a bar should show up, type the cheat with a + sign before it, ex. +potionaholic. The cheat should now be activated.
What do crossbows and longbows have in common?
not much other then they both have elastics solids as their form of stored energy comparable to gun power in a gun.
What forms of public announcements were used in medieval times?
Town criers made announcements in towns and cities. People who wanted to announce things for themselves commonly put up a paper on the door of a public building, such as a church, as Martin Luther did with the 95 theses. Reeves on manors were responsible for communications between the lord and the serfs, and would probably have made many announcements. Local church leaders announced things having to do with the church. Bells were used as warnings and to call people. If the animals got into the wrong fields, horns were used.
How do you make medieval weapons out of wood?
Well there is not many weapons you can make out of all wood. The club is the only thing I can think of. If you have carved down a long stick you can get a iron arrowhead and smelt or tie it to the stick.
Why is the term engine related to catapult technology?
Originally the word engine simply meant machine, but this usage has declined somewhat as modern usage has tended to use it only to refer to motors.
Another example of that usage is in cotton gin, where gin is a shortening of engine. Thus this is actually cotton engine or cotton machine.
So a catapult is referred to as a siege engine or siege machine.
Why are medieval heater shields called 'heater' shields?
Because victorians thought they looked like "heaters" (clothes irons). Sorry, I don't know what they were actually called. Maybe just Kite shields, since that's what they evolved from (er, that is to say that heater shields evolved from kite shields, not that heater shields evolved from kites).
Was there a Siege in St albans in 14th century?
This question is the same as "Was there a Siege in St albans in 14th century in England" go there for your answer.
What weapons the battle of agincourt have?
Longbows and these spikes which the English planted in front of them so the french could not pass them and attack the English
