Can kill, puncture, wound, hurt, or anything else. All weapons

From the Middle Ages were looked upon as frightening and crucial

Tools to kill. From a small dagger to a large cannon; all weapons

A lot, in fact most of the weapons were used for siege and

Defense against castles. Castles were the most integral part of the

Middle Ages. They held the king, the servants and anyone else

Important. If you wanted land or money, a castle was the perfect

Movable Towers were just one thing used to lay siege on

These castles. Not necessarily a weapon itself, it held

Knights and (or) peasants carried many weapons depending

On what specialty they had. Some carried bows-and-arrows, others

Maces, some swords, some knifes, etc.

A mace was a metal ball with metal spikes welded on the

Ball. A chain was attached to a wood stick onto the ball. The

Other siege weapons included the ballista, a HUGE

Crossbow- like slingshot that could send a huge tree trunk 3 football fields

Long. The ballasta was manly for break

Regardless of its slowness, so dangerous was the crossbow that the church made an attempt to ban the crossbow. "In the 12th century, Pope Innocent II declared the crossbow to be 'deathly and hateful to God and unfit to be used among Christians.'" (Sasser 21)

Slingshot that could send a big monkeys boulder 2 football fields. This

Once military tactics were of no use in the invasion of a castle, the attack became simply a ruthless and barbarous man-to-man fight with weapons. Strategy was no longer applied. Men of the armies fought with double-edged swords, battle-axes, lances, slings, and weapons of archery. The weapons of archery were the short and long bows, and the most fearsome weapon known before the discovery of gunpowder: the crossbow.

In the Middle Ages, the nobility of many cultures had large fortifications built to house a small town as well as themselves. These fortification were called castles, and they were so well defended that some historians have called it "the most formidable weapon of medieval warfare" (Hull 1). As one can imagine, conquering such a colossal structure cost much money, even more time, and many lives.

Hundreds of people on the battlefield. Anyway used, it was a big dangerous

Although it was costly and lengthy, blockade did work. Richard the Lionhearted's stronghold, the Chateau-Gaillard, which was built in only a year along the Seine River, was sacked on March 6, 1204 by blockade. The Chateau, like many great citadels, was regarded as invicible, for "the art of siegecraft had not kept pace with that of fortification" (Nofi 1). The man responsible for this zenith in French and English history was King Philip Augustus II. He set up "something more than a passive blockade, for he erected siege works and successfully stormed the outer walls" (Nofi 2). By the time the French made their final storming of the fortress, the defending army was not even two hundred men. Due to the changing of possession of the Chateau-Gaillard, Normandy's capital, Rouen, and eventually all of Normandy returned to French rule. In addition, King Philip attained control of traffic along the Seine.

The ballista had been around since the Roman times. They would mount the firing mechanism between rows of horses or mules for easy transportation. It was called the carroballista or "cart catapult."

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