Partisane, Stichwaffe
16. Jahrhundert
Pole weapons, like this partisan, came to prominent use from the fourteenth to the sexteenth century. It is a mixed form of cut and thrust weapon to stop the opponent by the sharp metal point, to drag a horseman off his mount by the short hook as well as to cut by the axe blade. The term »halberd« goes back to the components of the weapon: A battleaxe (Middle High German Barda) was fixed to a pole (Holm). The glaive consists of a long single-edged aquiline knifelike blade on the end of a pole. Its shape was more suitable for the cut than for the thrust. The glaive was mainly used in the fifteenth and sexteenth centuries.During the reign of Emperor Maximilian I was a transition from medieval cavallery to more useful and efficient infantery with a large number of food soldiers (mercentaries). This transition has also an impact on soldiers equipment and war tactic as well and changed the medieval and well-known face of chivalry.
Pole weapons, like this partisan, came to prominent use from the fourteenth to the sexteenth century. It is a mixed form of cut and thrust weapon to stop the opponent by the sharp metal point, to drag a horseman off his mount by the short hook as well as to cut by the axe blade. The term »halberd« goes back to the components of the weapon: A battleaxe (Middle High German Barda) was fixed to a pole (Holm). The glaive consists of a long single-edged aquiline knifelike blade on the end of a pole. Its shape was more suitable for the cut than for the thrust. The glaive was mainly used in the fifteenth and sexteenth centuries.During the reign of Emperor Maximilian I was a transition from medieval cavallery to more useful and efficient infantery with a large number of food soldiers (mercentaries). This transition has also an impact on soldiers equipment and war tactic as well and changed the medieval and well-known face of chivalry.
Time:
16. Jahrhundert
Object Name
Partisane, Stichwaffe
Culture
Italienisch (?)
Material/technology:
Eisen
Dimensions:
L. 75 cm
Klinge: L. 40 cm
Copyright
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck
Invs.
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, WA 752
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