"Late Medieval/ Renaissance Lances" Topic
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| Don Sebastian | 18 Jun 2016 5:11 a.m. PST |
Does anyone knows any good museum photos or book with photos of european "gendarmes" combat lances of the 1450-1600 priod? I could find some photos of joust lances, but that was it. |
| olicana | 19 Jun 2016 3:05 a.m. PST |
At Fornovo the Italian lances were probably jousting lances with a war head. Those discarded (when the Italians broke) were described as "prettily painted" and "hollow and light." |
| Don Sebastian | 19 Jun 2016 6:07 p.m. PST |
Was it common for Cavalry of that period to use jousting lances with War heads, or was Fornovo an exception? |
| Swampster | 20 Jun 2016 1:08 p.m. PST |
"At Fornovo the Italian lances were probably jousting lances with a war head. Those discarded (when the Italians broke) were described as "prettily painted" and "hollow and light." What's the source?" Commynes, Bk 8. Description of Fornovo.He also describes them as 'beautiful'. Some of the lances are called bordonasses, but I hadn't seen the term before. There is a gloss which says they are long lances with strong wooden handles. |
| Don Sebastian | 22 Jun 2016 8:54 a.m. PST |
Anybody knows any good surviving examples of lances dated to this period? I couldn't find much on Google books or at pinterest… |
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