| The Middle Ages was a time of much
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| | ingenuity of the art of combat and the
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| conflict and warfare. During this time
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| | dynamics of the battlefield. The caltrop
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| many unusual weapons were created to
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| | was a fabrication of metal that had four
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| solve battlefield problems. Many of these
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| | points much like a child's Jack. The
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| weapons are familiar to us such as the
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| | unique thing about the caltrop was that
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| sword, axe, or lance. But there were many
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| | if you threw it on the ground, because of
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| lesser known and unusual weapons that
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| | the four pointed structure, it would
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| were created during this time in history.
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| | always fall with one point standing
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| Not all weapons were created specifically
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| | straight up and this was a serious danger
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| for battle or for hand to hand combat
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| | and deterrent to cavalry or even foot
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| against an armored foe and a good example
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| | soldiers.
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| of this was the Man Catcher. This unusual
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| | Some of the most unique and unusual
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| weapon was a long pole arm with a
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| | designs in weapons were in the realm of
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| semi-circular pronged shape catch at the
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| | the dagger and many different daggers
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| end. There was a spring-loaded trap on it
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| | came out of the Middle Ages including the
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| and it was used to reach up, capture, and
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| | Rondel which was a long conical shaped
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| pull down someone mounted on a horse. The
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| | dagger. It was specifically a piercing
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| primary use of this weapon was to capture
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| | weapon and it's conical shape made it
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| enemy royalty for later ransom.
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| | look much like a long and slender ice
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| The Sword breaker was another unique
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| | cream cone. The Poniard was another
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| weapon developed and used during the
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| | unusual dagger because it had either a
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| Middle Ages. This was a long and very
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| | square or triangular shape. This shape
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| sturdy dagger that had slots on one side
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| | was effective for piercing armor.
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| much like the teeth of a comb. This was a
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| | The Middle Ages saw a tremendous
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| standard off hand weapon that was used to
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| | development in many types of weapons.
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| capture an opponent's sword blade. Once
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| | Some of these weapons are still in use
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| the blade was caught a quick twist of the
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| | today but some of the more unique ones,
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| sword breaker would snap the opponent's
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| | because of their very specific
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| sword blade.
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| | applications, are no longer seen. Yet
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| Not all weapons were hand-held and the
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| | they remain as a testament to the nature
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| caltrop is a good example of the
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| | of the medieval battlefield.
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