Poster of Cast and Crew in Conquest - Season 1 - Episode 2 - Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages

Conquest - Season 1 - Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages (Episode 2)

Plot: Actor and fight master Peter Woodward searches museums and private collections for weird and unlikely weapons, then introduces them to our combat team to find out how they were used. We try out a Francisca, the throwing axe that gave the Franks their name; see how armored knights used a ball and chain; and learn the uses of the gruesome awl-pike, bizarre military fork, and the Guisarme, an extremely popular polearm
Episode Aired On:
Monday, December 16 2002
22 years ago