Explanation: The weapon depicted, the Goedendag (‘Good Day’), was a distinctive weapon used by Flemish militiamen during the 13th and 14th centuries AD. It’s not much more than it looks like - a club/spike combo - but it excelled at massacring heavily armored dismounted French knights!
Explanation: The weapon depicted, the Goedendag (‘Good Day’), was a distinctive weapon used by Flemish militiamen during the 13th and 14th centuries AD. It’s not much more than it looks like - a club/spike combo - but it excelled at massacring heavily armored dismounted French knights!
Ah! La bataille de Courtrai, mortecouille! What a shameless, prideless bunch of peasants!