List of medieval weapons

The following is a list of Wikipedia articles of the types of weapons that were in use during the post-classical historical period (roughly between the mid 1st to mid 2nd millennia AD).

Melee weapons

Trauma and cleaving weapons

Swords and hilt weapons

Swords can be single or double-bladed edges, or even edgeless. The blade can be straight or curved.

Spears and polearms

Ranged weapons

Siege weapons

Warships

Defensive

Armor

While armor is not technically a weapon, its use was driven by weapon technology and was a driving force in weapon development.

Fortifications

Medieval fortifications also developed in connection with the weapons that opposed them.

Animals in war

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See also

References

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