- The
poleaxe (also
pollaxe, pole-axe, pole axe, poleax, polax) is a
European polearm that was used by
medieval infantry. Most
etymological authorities...
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after the
implement used in the execution: a large, long-handled
mallet or
pollaxe. The last
reported use of this form of
punishment was in
September 1806:...
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countries as well,
including England, and was a po****r
weapon along with the
pollaxe in
tournament foot
combat among armoured knights.
Goedendag Shafted Weapons...
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remain in
contemporary use. The axe
tended to be
depicted as a
curved pollaxe or
halberd from 1500
until 1844. The 1844
design approved by king Oscar...
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forms of voulge,
while 16th
century and
later forms are
similar to the
pollaxe. The
Swiss were
famous users of the
halberd in the
medieval and renaissance...
- cases, it is
uncertain whether the
weapon was a
Danish axe, or the proto-
pollaxe.
Broadaxe Long-bearded axe
Sparth Viking Age arms and
armour Viking halberd...
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typical arms of 15th-century
individual combat,
including the longsword,
rondel dagger, messer, sword-and-buckler, voulge,
pollaxe, spear, and staff....
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Titus George falls in love.
There is the
Norse God
Ragnarok wielding his
Pollaxe.
There are the Bohemians, a dog
named Luther, a cat
named Blackjack, Puck...
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instances the type of
battle axe -
whether a
Danish axe, or the proto-
pollaxe - is not recorded. Most
medieval European battle axes had a
socketed head...
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Frenchmen were
suddenlie sticked with daggers, some were
brained with
pollaxes, some
slaine with malls,
others had
their throats cut, and some
their bellies...
