1) Renaissance-era pole weapon
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A bardiche ʃ or berdiche (`long poleaxe`) is a type of glaive polearm known in the 16th and 17th centuries in Eastern Europe. Ultimately a descendant of the medieval sparth (Danish axe), the bardiche proper appears after 1500, but there are numerous medieval manuscripts that depict very similar weapons beginning ca. 1250. The bardiche differs f.....
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardiche
A polearm with a long chopping blade, often with a slight curve. Numerous varieties of this basic weapon existed under a score of different names.
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http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/gloss.htm
The bardiche was a narrow-bladed axe with its lower end fixed to a staff. They originated in Russia about the 15th century and were used by infantry and town guards in Russia, Poland, Sweden and Finland until the 17th century.
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