I know that this will be a bit vague, but here goes: what’s the weirdest weapon ever made/used in the medieval times? I meant in terms of how it’s used. I wrote the man catcher question so I would like to know if there was any weapons weirder than that myself.
6
-
Honestly, if you can leave aside that every pre-industrial-themed video game has them so we all grew up seeing them, I think military flails are pretty darn weird.– T.E.D. ♦Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 21:51
-
Good point @T.E.D.– Abraham RayCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 21:52
-
2What do you mean by weird? The shape of the weapon? The way it was used? I'm afraid that without any criteria, this is just opinion based– KepotxCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 21:59
-
Sorry, I meant the way it was used primarily @Kepotx– Abraham RayCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 22:00
-
2Aethelflaed's bees– MCW ♦Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 22:58
|
Show 1 more comment
1 Answer
Not a weird weapon, but a weird name: the (lengthened) morning star is called in Dutch 'goedendag'. That translates to good morning, or good day.
It is actually a viciously efficient and easy to produce weapon. It was very successfully used during the Battle of the Golden Spurs, in which a Flemish peasant army defeated a large French army of knights.
A morning star was wielded with one hand, with a short handle, a goedendag was more a pole weapon.
