By Al Cooper
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It fired either arrows or metal bolts, known as quarrels, at a range of up to 1000 feet. Prior to the introduction of firearms, the crossbow was the most technically advanced weapon in European warfare—and one of the most feared, because its bolts could pierce even plate armor. The Church, in fact, tried to ban its use (at least by Christians against Christians) in 1139. It had a slow rate of fire, however, as drawing back the bowstring either with a winch-like device or by placing a foot on a “stirrup” fixed to the stock and pulling the weapon upward required considerable time and effort.
POLE ARMS AND AXES Ornate spike INDO-PERSIAN POLE ARM With its large blade and decorative spike, this early nineteenth century pole arm was designed to impress as well as damage. The handle is bound with leather. Hand-forged iron ax-head AFRICAN CEREMONIAL AX This ceremonial ax was produced by the Songye people of the Congo. The head is of hand-forged iron, attached to the wooden shaft with copper nails. Crescent-shaped ax-head BEHEADING Decapitation has long been used as a swift and effective (in the hands of a skilled executioner) means of despatching the death penalty.
The weapon is thought to have developed in Southern China for fighting tigers, and is still used today in certain schools of Chinese martial arts. Ax-head Distinctive, crescent-shaped hooks 46 POLE ARMS AND AXES Sharp spike GEKKEN POLE ARM From the Chinese Qing Dynasty, during the late eighteenth century, this gekken (half-moon) pole arm was used by infantry against mounted soldiers. INDO-PERSIAN CROWBILL The crowbill was a pole arm combining a hammer-head with a sharp spike; the hammer was used to knock an opponent from his horse, after which the spike would penetrate the opponent’s chain-mail armor or be thrust between the joints of plate armor.