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'''Medieval weapons''' varied from simple tools to complex engines of emerging [[medieval warfare]] technology.

'''Ironwood''' may refer to

* [[Blade]]

# [[Ironwood, Michigan]], a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

** [[Axe]]

# Any particular wood that has a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. Species involved include:

*** [[Battle Axe]]

#* ''[[American hornbeam|Carpinus caroliniana]]'' — also known as American hornbeam

*** [[Danish axe]]

#* ''[[Casuarina equisetifolia]]'' — Common Ironwood from Australia

*** [[Doloire]]

#* ''Choricarpia subargentea''

*** [[Mattock]] (improvised)

#* ''Copaifera'' spp.

** [[Dagger]] or [[Knife]]

#* ''Eusideroxylon zwageri''

*** [[Baselard]]

#* ''[[lignum vitae|Guaiacum officinale]]'' and ''[[lignum vitae|Guaiacum sanctum]]'' — Lignum vitae

*** [[Cinquedea]]

#* ''Hopea odorata''

*** [[Dirk]]

#* ''Krugiodendron ferreum'' — Black Ironwood

*** [[Ear Dagger]]

#* ''Lyonothamnus lyonii (L. floribundus)'' — [[Catalina Ironwood]]

*** [[Grosses messer]]

#* ''[[Mesua ferrea]]'' — also known as Rose Chestnut or Ceylon Ironwood, from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia

*** [[Machete]]

#* ''[[Olea]] spp.'' — various olive trees

*** [[Mercygiver]]

#* ''Olneya tesota'' — Desert Ironwood

*** [[Poniard]]

#* ''[[Ostrya]] virginiana'' — Hop hornbeam

*** [[rondel (dagger)|Rondel]]

#* ''[[Parrotia persica]]'' — Persian Ironwood

*** [[Scramasax]]

#* ''[[Tabebuia]] serratifolia'' — Ipe

*** [[Stiletto]]

# [[Angrboda]] in Norse Mythology, is also known as the forest of "Ironwood"

*** [[Sword breaker]]

** [[Sword]]

*** [[Bastard Sword]] (often used in fiction)

*** [[Broadsword]]

*** [[Claymore]]

*** [[Cutlass]] (a little dubious)

*** [[Falchion]]

*** [[Flamberge]]

*** [[Foil (fencing)]]

*** [[Longsword]]

*** [[Rapier]]

*** [[Sabre]]

*** [[Spatha]]

*** [[Shortsword]]

*** [[Two-handed sword]]

* Blunt weapons

[[Category: wood]]

** [[Club_(weapon)|Club]]

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** [[Flail (weapon)|Flail]]

** [[Mace]]

*** [[Flanged mace]]

** [[Maul]]

** [[Morning star_(weapon)|Morning star]]

** [[Quarterstaff]]

** [[War hammer]]

*** [[Bec de Corbin]]

*** [[Horseman's pick]]

==[[Spears]] and other [[Pole weapon|Polearms]] (axes not included)==

* [[Ahlspiess]]

** [[Candeliere]]

** [[Breach pike]]

* [[Bardiche]]

* [[Bill (weapon)|Billhook]]

* [[Boar spear]]

* [[Fauchard]]

* [[Footman's lance]]

* [[Glaive]]

* [[Guisarme]]

* [[Halberd]]

* [[Lance]]

* [[Man catcher]]

* [[Military fork]]

* [[Partisan (weapon)|Partisan]]

* [[Pike (weapon)|Pike]]

* [[Plançon a picot]]

* [[Ranseur]]

* [[Spetum]]

* [[Swordstaff]]

* [[Voulge]]

* [[War-scythe]]

==Ranged==

* [[Bombard (weapon)]]

* [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]]

** [[Longbow]]

*** [[English longbow]]

** [[Short bow]]

* [[Culverin]]

* [[Crossbow]]

** [[Arbalest]]

* [[Francisca]]

* [[Mangonel]]

* [[Sling (weapon)|Sling]]

==Static==

*[[Caltrops]]

==Siege==

* [[Battering ram]]

* [[Ballista]]

* [[Catapult]]

* [[Greek fire]]

* [[Petard]]

* [[Siege hook]]

* [[Siege tower]]

* [[Trebuchet]]

==Warships==

* [[Galleon]]

* [[Galley]]

* [[Longship]]

==[[Armor]]==

While armor is not technically a weapon, its development was both driven by weapon technology and a driving force for that same technology in return.

* [[Chainmail]]

* [[Gauntlet (gloves)|Gauntlet]]

* [[Shield]]

* [[Plate armour]]

* [[Scale armour]]

==Fortification==

[[Medieval fortification]]s also developed in connection with the weapons that opposed them.

* [[Battlement]]

* [[Castle]]

* [[City wall]]

* [[Gate]]

* [[Moat]]

* [[Drawbridge]]

* [[Portcullis]]

==See also==

[[Military technology and equipment]]

[[Category:Lists of weapons|Medieval weapons, list]]

[[Category:Medieval weapons]]

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