About 100 results for ‘Halberd’
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Halberd
A halberd (also called halbard, halbert or Swiss voulge) is a two-handed pole weapon that came to prominent use during the 14th and 15th centuries. Possibly the word halberd comes from the German words Halm (staff), and Barte (axe) - in modern-day German, the weapon is called Hellebarde. The halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft. It always has a hook or thorn on the back side of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants. It is very similar to certain forms of the voulge in design and usage. The halberd was 1.5 to 1.8 metres (5 to 6 feet) long. The halberd was cheap to produce and very versatile in battle. As the halberd was eventually refined, its point was more fully developed to allow it to better deal with spears and pikes (also able to push back approaching horsemen), as was the hook opposite the axe head, which could be used to pull horsemen to the ground. Additionally, halberds were reinforced with metal rims over the shaft, thus making effective weapons for blocking other weapons like swords. This capability increased its effectiveness in battle, and expert halberdiers were as deadly as any other weapon masters. A halberd in the hands of a Swiss peasant was the weapon which killed the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, decisively ending the Burgundian Wars, literally in a single stroke. The halberd was the primary weapon of the early Swiss armies in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Later on, the Swiss added the pike to better repel knightly attacks and roll over enemy infantry formations, with the halberd, hand-and-a-half sword, or the dagger known as the Schweizerdolch being used for closer combat. The German Landsknechte, who imitated Swiss warfare methods, also used the pike, supplemented by the halberd, but their side arm of choice was the short sword known as the Katzbalger. As long as pikemen fought other pikemen, the halberd remained a useful supplemental weapon for "push of pike", but when their position became more defensive, to protect the slow-loading arquebusiers and matchlock musketeers from sudden attacks by cavalry, the percentage of halberdiers in the pike units steadily decreased, until the halberd all but disappeared from these formations as a rank-and-file weapon by the middle of the sixteenth century. The halberd has been used as a court bodyguard weapon for centuries, and is still the ceremonial weapon of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican. The halberd was one of the polearms sometimes carried by lower-ranking officers in European infantry units in the 16th through 18th centuries.
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- Costume
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Designation:
- enseigne profane ; sifflet
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- Portrayed subject:
- Halberd
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- Date:
- 15th century
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- Field(s):
- Costume
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Designation:
- enseigne profane ; sifflet
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- Portrayed subject:
- Halberd
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- Date:
- 15th century
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Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre (maquette) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Equestrianism
- Flag
- Flower bouquet
- Halberd
- Horse
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- Date:
- 20th century
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LA RESURRECTION DU CHRIST
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beard
- Christian cross
- Halberd
- Helmet
- Human body
- Moustache
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques Courtois
CAVALIER CONTRE HALLEBARDIER
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Combat
- Halberd
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Le Baiser de Judas
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Halberd
- Jesus
- Judas Iscariot
- Kiss
- Sabre
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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Exposition Universelle de 1900. VIEUX PARIS (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- 16th century
- Halberd
- Hôtel particulier
- Paris
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Le Pied de Mouton, mélodrame en 3 actes Théâtre Gaité (ti...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chair
- Falling (accident)
- Fear
- Folk dance
- Gigantism
- Halberd
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE JEU DE NAIN JAUNE. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Domestic worker
- Dwarfism
- Flower
- Halberd
- Playing card
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PLANCHE DE SAINTS. (titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chalice
- Halberd
- James, son of Alphaeus
- James, son of Zebedee
- John the Apostle
- Jude the Apostle
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LE PETIT TOUR A PARIS DE MR GOBINEAU. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bayonet
- Bed
- Bedroom
- Falling (accident)
- Fauteuil
- French people
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PROCESSION DE Ste ANNE D'AURAY (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Altar server
- Bishop
- Christian cross
- Column
- Girl
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La Descente de Croix
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Armour
- Descent from the Cross
- Halberd
- Renaissance (disambiguation)
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Giulio Campi
- Odilon Redon
Homme debout, tourné vers la gauche tenant une hallebarde
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Saint Matthias, debout, tenant un livre et une hallebarde
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Halberd
- Saint Matthias
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Armoiries de la famille Verhuell
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bank (geography)
- Banner
- Buddhahood
- Cannon
- Frieze
- Gold
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- Date:
- 18th century
- Qing Dynasty
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