Seven-Flanged Mace
Cleveland Museum of Art

Seven-Flanged Mace

c. 1540–50

gilded russet steel; with chiseled foliate decoration
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

In use throughout the middle ages, the mace became increasingly popular in the 1400s and 1500s because edged weapons (such as swords) were ineffective against fully developed plate armor.

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