European staff weapons (1000-1500)
Weapons of the Middle Ages were used primarily by infantrymen as a defense against the usually invincible armored knight. (1- German halberd, late 15th century; 2- British bill , ca. 1450; 3- French war hammer, ca. 1450; 4- French poleaxe. ca. 1450; 5- Swiss halberd, late 15th century).
