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Voulge — A voulge (occasionally called a pole cleaver) is a type of polearm that existed alongside the similar glaive in medieval Europe. Superficially, a voulge might strongly resemble a glaive, but there are some notable differences in construction.… … Wikipedia
Pole weapon — A selection of polearms, mostly halberds A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user s effective range. Spears … Wikipedia
Voulges — Angaben Waffenart: Stangenwaffe Bezeichnungen … Deutsch Wikipedia
Вульж — Вульжи (в центре), Richard Burton’s The Book of the Sword, 1884. Вульж (англ. Voulge, также Vouge) … Википедия
List of Dynasty Warriors characters — There have been 48 playable characters in the Dynasty Warriors series as of the release of Dynasty Warriors 5; however, Dynasty Warriors 7 is has over 60 playable characters. Most of the characters were real figures from the Three Kingdoms era of … Wikipedia
Halberd — A halberd (also called halbert or Swiss voulge) is a two handed pole weapon that came to prominent use during the 14th and 15th centuries. Possibly the word halberd comes from the German words Halm (staff), and Barte (axe). The halberd consists… … Wikipedia
Coutilier — The coutilier (also coutillier, coustillier) was a title of a low ranking professional soldier in Medieval French armies. A coutilier was a member of the immediate entourage of a French knight or a squire called lances fournies.[1] The presence… … Wikipedia
Vatican City — State[1] Stato della Città del Vaticano[2] … Wikipedia
Naginata — Samurai with naginata The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihonto) in the form of a pole weapon. Naginata were originally used by the samurai class in feudal Japan, and naginata wer … Wikipedia
Glaive — A glaive is a polearm consisting of a single edged blade on the end of a pole. It is similar to the Japanese naginata and the Chinese Guan Dao. However, instead of having a tang like a sword or naginata, the blade is affixed in a socket shaft… … Wikipedia
