Voulge
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| Weapon type: | Polearm |
| Designations: | Voulge, Boulge, Bouge |
| Use: | weapon |
| Working time: | 14th century to around 18th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Europe , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
| Overall length: | about 200 cm |
| Handle: | Wood |
| Particularities: | Different versions |
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The voulge , also called boulge or bouge , is a polearm . It was used in various European countries from the late Middle Ages to modern times.
description
The voulge is very similar to a helmet beard . The helmets have been developed from the various forms of the Voulge , as the Voulge was in use earlier. The voulge consists of an ax-like blade that is attached to the shaft with two eyes. As a rule, the blade is equipped with a straight or curved cutting edge and a pointed pusher blade. In some versions, another blade is attached between the attachment eyes with the help of an additional eye. These blades are usually slightly curved. In early versions this additional blade was soldered to the blade , in others the eyes were replaced by a base. There are different versions that differ in shape and size. Some polearms that were used later and that were wielded with two hands and had wide, heavy blades were also referred to as voulge .
literature
- Auguste Demmin, Charles Christopher Black, An Illustrated History of Arms and Armor , Echo Library Verlag, 2008, page 433, ISBN 978-1-84830-049-1
- Charles Christopher Black, Weapons of War , Oxford University, 1870, 433, 434
- Henry Swainson Cowper : The Art of Attack. Being a Study in the Development of Weapons and Appliances of Offence , 1906, 74
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 654, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5