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Medieval Weapons Research Paper

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Development of weapons in England Wars were once fought with bare hand, but now they fight with tools that are designed for kill and concurring villages, and kingdoms. We will be looking at the many weapons that development in England history. What this will be based on what has become of stick and stone to form which is known in is previse time as artily. The Anglo Saxon period is known as the Vikki age Where tale were told and mysteries of legend where born. First is “The principle weapon of the Anglo Saxon was the spear”. (www.angelcynnreenactmentsociety.org.uk/) Spear where use of hand and hand combat or can be thrown as a javelin. The sizes of these spears are 4-8ft in length and the spear head can go up to 8in to 1 or two feet. …show more content…

The new warriors which are knight are need of new arsenals weapons. Up on hoses there was the lance, like the spear it was “a long wooden pole with a metal tip and hand guards” (Middle Ages for kids: A Knight’s Armor and weapons.com). With this can attack on a house with wave of charges to mow down enemies, with a bounce of knocking down other knight of their horse. Up close in hand and hand combat what the knight brings to the table is the Maces. The sword, it to can be us with one hand, but without cutting it was designed for heavily Armored enemies by breaking bones without penetrating there armorer. (www.medievalmiddleages.com/weapons/) Castle or open field they needed new technology to cause heavy damage to the walls or do massive amount of casualties to their opposites, one of this devise was the catapult and the use of gunpowder. A typical catapult was able to throw heavy object for long distances, breaching though walls and building. Soon there was a new frontier of warfare and there came the cannons. Can shoot cannonballs quite the distance and do physiological damage enemies. Some time they will many sorts of object like politest rock to arrow head for swarms of enemies. With this this will begin to a new era of warfare and weapon to the battlefield which will change

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