Anglo Saxon weapons and armour
In this research paper you will be reading about the history of a few weapons and armour such as axes, swords, spears, shields, maces, and armour. Anglo saxon means the people who lived in the general vicinity of england and some of the germanic areas and Im pretty sure you know what armour and weapons are, so I will just get to it.
The first subject will be swords or “sweord” in old english it originated during the bronze age which is around 1600 B.C., the sword evolved from the dagger later turning into tons of various swords such as the rapier, cutlass, zweihander, sabers and the list can go on forever.
Rapiers are a very long and thin sword that are meant to thrust into the opponent and cause deep stab wounds, although they can be used to slash. This weapon consisted of a 45-50 inch double edged bladed which usually had a highly decorated pommel and a hand guard. This had quite the impact in english culture because this weapon started the whole dueling craze.The rapier’s era came around the 16th to 18th centuries the 17th century is when it really started booming, but the 18th century was mainly the sport called fencing. Fencing is the art of sword fighting during that time they …show more content…
The name evolved old Latin then it was mixed with English and French sayings of it, the Latin word was cultellus , the French's was coutelas and the English's being cutler. The cutlass was used by the navy and various pirates, but the cutlass it still given out to lower ranking officers in the Royal Navy to this day. This weapon consists of a fairly short often one sided blade that can be slightly curved or completely straight. A couple people both notorious and glorious have been known to wield this weapons, the notorious one is Blackbeard, the glorious one being Lieutenant Robert
In this research paper you will be reading about the history of a few weapons and armour such as axes, swords, spears, shields, maces, and armour. Anglo saxon means the people who lived in the general vicinity of england and some of the germanic areas and Im pretty sure you know what armour and weapons are, so I will just get to it.
The first subject will be swords or “sweord” in old english it originated during the bronze age which is around 1600 B.C., the sword evolved from the dagger later turning into tons of various swords such as the rapier, cutlass, zweihander, sabers and the list can go on forever.
Rapiers are a very long and thin sword that are meant to thrust into the opponent and cause deep stab wounds, although they can be used to slash. This weapon consisted of a 45-50 inch double edged bladed which usually had a highly decorated pommel and a hand guard. This had quite the impact in english culture because this weapon started the whole dueling craze.The rapier’s era came around the 16th to 18th centuries the 17th century is when it really started booming, but the 18th century was mainly the sport called fencing. Fencing is the art of sword fighting during that time they …show more content…
The name evolved old Latin then it was mixed with English and French sayings of it, the Latin word was cultellus , the French's was coutelas and the English's being cutler. The cutlass was used by the navy and various pirates, but the cutlass it still given out to lower ranking officers in the Royal Navy to this day. This weapon consists of a fairly short often one sided blade that can be slightly curved or completely straight. A couple people both notorious and glorious have been known to wield this weapons, the notorious one is Blackbeard, the glorious one being Lieutenant Robert