Talk:Misericorde (weapon)

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Disputed[edit]

The claims that this was primarily English, primarily used by commoners, or considered to end the age of chivalry, do not agree with other references; e.g.:

[1] not only notes its use in all European countries (even giving the German name), but notes that it was specifically a knightly weapon, and was very common from the 12th century (i.e. very early in the Age of Chivalry, in fact before the word "chivalry" was first used).
[2] again notes it is knightly equipment, and still regarded as such in the 16th century

-- Securiger 04:16, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edited page to remove spurious claims of Englishness, commonness, and fanciful relationship with chivalry, using reference [1] above. (JSoules 9 April 2007)

Completely Fake[edit]

And the conceptions of chivalry are completely bogus as well. Someone is having a fun time fabricating medieval weapon descriptions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.96.144.216 (talk) 04:46, 12 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Not totally fake[edit]

Knights did used to wrestle one another to a pin for the purposes of delivering a fatal blow through a joint in the armor using a hand-dagger. The Eye-Witness Book "Arms and Armor" made some comment about getting someone in a headlock and stabbing them in the face.

Theblindsage 09:50, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mercygiver?[edit]

I have not seen this name anywhere; it is a rough translation, not a proper term AFAIK. The link given is not suitable, it links to a wiki which links directly back to this article. I am deleting it. Megalophias (talk) 17:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]