
:''This article is about the personal weapon and its ceremonial derivative, for other meanings of ''mace'' please see mace (disambiguation)'' An advance on the club (weapon), a mace is a wooden, metal-reinforced, or metal shaft, with a head made of stone, copper, bronze, iron or steel. The head is normally about or slightly thicker than the diameter of the shaft, shaped with flanges, knobs or spikes to allow greater penetration of armour. The length of maces can vary considerably. The maces of foot soldiers were usually quite short (two or three feet). The maces of cavalrymen were longer and better designed for blows from horseback. Two-handed maces ("mauls") could be even larger. The flail is often incorrectly called a mace. ==History of the mace== The mace was first developed around 12,000 BC and quickly became an important weapon. These first wooden maces, studded with flint or obsidian became less popular due to the development of leather armour that could absorb the blows. Some maces had stone heads. The discovery of copper and bronze made the first genuine metal maces possible. ===The ancient world=== One of the earliest images of a mace- or club-like weapon is on the Narmer Palette. Maces were used extensively in the bronze age in the near east. Many early cultures were unable to produce long, sharp and sturdy metal blades,. which made the mace very popular. The mace passed out of general use in the iron age, when swords, spears and axes or iron became easier to make. The ancient Roman Empire did not use maces, probably because they had no need for a heavy, armor-smashing weapon, or more likely due to the nature of the Roman infantry fighting style which involved the pilum (or spear) and occasionally the gladius (short sword used in a stabbing fashion). The use of a swinging-arc weapon in the well-disciplined tight formations of the Roman infantry would not be practical. The mace would be more useful to individual fighters, not units. The armies of the Byzantine Empire used maces, especially from horseback. ===The European Middle Ages=== During the Middle Ages metal armour and chainmail did much to blunt the blows of edged weapons and block arrows and other projectiles. Solid metal maces and war hammers proved able to inflict damage on well armoured knights, however, as the force of a blow from a mace would not need to puncture any armor. Maces, being simple to make, cheap and straightforward in application, were quite common weapons. Peasant rebels and cheap conscript armies often had little more than maces, axes and pole arms. Few of these simple maces survive today. Most examples found in museums are of much better quality and often highly decorated. Medieval bishops sometimes carried maces in battle instead of swords, so as to conform to the canonical rule which forbade priests to shed blood; unlike sword-strokes or thrusts from a spear, the blows from a mace could maim or kill without drawing blood. Bishop Odo of Bayeux appears on the Bayeux Tapestry wielding one at the Battle of Hastings (1066), but this practice does not appear to have been universal. Similarly, Archbishop Turpin wields one in The_Song_of_Roland. ===Eastern Europe=== Maces were very common in eastern Europe, especially medieval Poland and Russia. Eastern European maces often had pear shaped heads. These maces were also used by Stephen_I_of_Hungary whom used the mace in some of his wars. Stephen was a Romanian in the Moldova region, he ruled and fought Turks. After each war won, he built a monastery. ===Pre-Columbian America=== The cultures of pre-columbian America used clubs and maces extensively. The warriors of the Inca Empire used maces with stone or copper heads and wooden shafts. The Aztecs used a type of wooden club with sharp obsidian blades on the side (the macana), which can be regarded as a cross between club and sword. ===Modern maces=== Mace-like weapons made a brief reappearance in the vicious trench warfare of World War I. ===Ceremonial maces=== The mace as a real weapon went out of use with the disappearance of heavy armor. It gradually turned into the ceremonial mace, which was first a symbol of authority of military commanders. Ceremonial maces are still used to represent authority and prestige, as in the House of Commons in a Westminster System parliament, and at educational institutions such as Cornell University. Processions often feature such maces: either on parliamentary or in formal university occasions. The ecclesiastical equivalent of the mace-bearer, the dodsman, appears in church contexts. Many modern ceremonial maces, such as those used by university chancellors, have been so reduced from a fearsome weapon that they more resemble the large pepper grinders such as are used by serving staff in restaurants. ==See also== * Bulawa Clubs
The article says "A variety of mace called the morning star had its spiked metal ball suspended from a chain attached to the handle, rather than being directly mounted." But the morning star article says this is incorrect and such a weapon is really a flail. I have no idea which, if either, is right - can someone who knows please make this consistent, or at least weaken the wording if there's no general consensus about naming? -- S The "morning_star_(weapon)" page says that the one with a chain is a flail. A morning star is a flail without a chain between the staff and the spike ball.
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Macedon
Macedon
Macedon19
Macedonia
Macedonia
Macedonia
Macedonia
Macedônia
Macedonia,_AL
Macedonia,_Alabama
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Macedonia,_IA
Macedonia,_IL
Macedonia,_Illinois
Macedonia,_Iowa
Macedonia,_OH
Macedonia,_Ohio
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Macedonia/Communications
Macedonia/Economy
Macedonia/Geography
Macedonia/Government
Macedonia/History
Macedonia/Military
Macedonia/People
Macedonia/Transnational_issues
Macedonia/Transportation
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Macedonians_(religious_group)
Macedonian_(disambiguation)
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Macedonian_(Slavonic)
Macedonian_(Slavonic)_language
Macedonian_Airlines
Macedonian_alphabet
Macedonian_anthem
Macedonian_culture
Macedonian_Denar
Macedonian_denar
Macedonian_drinks
Macedonian_Empire
Macedonian_Empire
Macedonian_football
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Macedonian_Football_Union
Macedonian_Language
Macedonian_language
Macedonian_language
Macedonian_language/Archive01
Macedonian_monarchs
Macedonian_music
Macedonian_music
Macedonian_NLA
Macedonian_oak
Macedonian_Orthodox
Macedonian_Orthodox_Church
Macedonian_Orthodox_Church
Macedonian_Orthodox_Church/Archive1
Macedonian_people
Macedonian_phalanx
Macedonian_phalanx
Macedonian_Pine
Macedonian_pine
Macedonian_presidential_election,_2004
Macedonian_Press_Agency
Macedonian_Press_Agency
Macedonian_revolutionaries
Macedonian_Slav
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Macedonia_(Greece)
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Macedônia_(São_Paulo)
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Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest
Macedonia_national_football_team
Macedonio_Melloni
Macedonius
Macedonius_II
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Macedonius_of_Constantinople
Macedon_(disambiguation)
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Macedon_railway_station,_Victoria
Macedon_Ranges_Shire
Macedoromanian
Macedoromanian_language
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Macedo_do_Mato
Macedo_Romanian_language
Maceió
Macenta
Maceo
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Maceo_Parker
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Macerata_Province
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Maceration
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Maces
Maces_Springs,_VA
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Macewen's_sign
Macewen's_triangle
Macey
Mace_(disambiguation)
Mace_(spice)
Mace_(spice)
Mace_(spray)
Mace_(video_game)
Mace_Tyrell
Mace_Windu
Mace_Windu
Mace
:''This article is about the personal weapon and its ceremonial derivative, for other meanings of ''mace'' please see mace (disambiguation)'' An advance on the club (weapon), a mace is a wooden, metal-reinforced, or metal shaft, with a head made of stone, copper, bronze, iron or steel. The head is normally about or slightly thicker than the diameter of the shaft, shaped with flanges, knobs or spikes to allow greater penetration of armour. The length of maces can vary considerably. The maces of foot soldiers were usually quite short (two or three feet). The maces of cavalrymen were longer and better designed for blows from horseback. Two-handed maces ("mauls") could be even larger. The flail is often incorrectly called a mace. ==History of the mace== The mace was first developed around 12,000 BC and quickly became an important weapon. These first wooden maces, studded with flint or obsidian became less popular due to the development of leather armour that could absorb the blows. Some maces had stone heads. The discovery of copper and bronze made the first genuine metal maces possible. ===The ancient world=== One of the earliest images of a mace- or club-like weapon is on the Narmer Palette. Maces were used extensively in the bronze age in the near east. Many early cultures were unable to produce long, sharp and sturdy metal blades,. which made the mace very popular. The mace passed out of general use in the iron age, when swords, spears and axes or iron became easier to make. The ancient Roman Empire did not use maces, probably because they had no need for a heavy, armor-smashing weapon, or more likely due to the nature of the Roman infantry fighting style which involved the pilum (or spear) and occasionally the gladius (short sword used in a stabbing fashion). The use of a swinging-arc weapon in the well-disciplined tight formations of the Roman infantry would not be practical. The mace would be more useful to individual fighters, not units. The armies of the Byzantine Empire used maces, especially from horseback. ===The European Middle Ages=== During the Middle Ages metal armour and chainmail did much to blunt the blows of edged weapons and block arrows and other projectiles. Solid metal maces and war hammers proved able to inflict damage on well armoured knights, however, as the force of a blow from a mace would not need to puncture any armor. Maces, being simple to make, cheap and straightforward in application, were quite common weapons. Peasant rebels and cheap conscript armies often had little more than maces, axes and pole arms. Few of these simple maces survive today. Most examples found in museums are of much better quality and often highly decorated. Medieval bishops sometimes carried maces in battle instead of swords, so as to conform to the canonical rule which forbade priests to shed blood; unlike sword-strokes or thrusts from a spear, the blows from a mace could maim or kill without drawing blood. Bishop Odo of Bayeux appears on the Bayeux Tapestry wielding one at the Battle of Hastings (1066), but this practice does not appear to have been universal. Similarly, Archbishop Turpin wields one in The_Song_of_Roland. ===Eastern Europe=== Maces were very common in eastern Europe, especially medieval Poland and Russia. Eastern European maces often had pear shaped heads. These maces were also used by Stephen_I_of_Hungary whom used the mace in some of his wars. Stephen was a Romanian in the Moldova region, he ruled and fought Turks. After each war won, he built a monastery. ===Pre-Columbian America=== The cultures of pre-columbian America used clubs and maces extensively. The warriors of the Inca Empire used maces with stone or copper heads and wooden shafts. The Aztecs used a type of wooden club with sharp obsidian blades on the side (the macana), which can be regarded as a cross between club and sword. ===Modern maces=== Mace-like weapons made a brief reappearance in the vicious trench warfare of World War I. ===Ceremonial maces=== The mace as a real weapon went out of use with the disappearance of heavy armor. It gradually turned into the ceremonial mace, which was first a symbol of authority of military commanders. Ceremonial maces are still used to represent authority and prestige, as in the House of Commons in a Westminster System parliament, and at educational institutions such as Cornell University. Processions often feature such maces: either on parliamentary or in formal university occasions. The ecclesiastical equivalent of the mace-bearer, the dodsman, appears in church contexts. Many modern ceremonial maces, such as those used by university chancellors, have been so reduced from a fearsome weapon that they more resemble the large pepper grinders such as are used by serving staff in restaurants. ==See also== * Bulawa Clubs
Mace
The article says "A variety of mace called the morning star had its spiked metal ball suspended from a chain attached to the handle, rather than being directly mounted." But the morning star article says this is incorrect and such a weapon is really a flail. I have no idea which, if either, is right - can someone who knows please make this consistent, or at least weaken the wording if there's no general consensus about naming? -- S The "morning_star_(weapon)" page says that the one with a chain is a flail. A morning star is a flail without a chain between the staff and the spike ball.
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Macedo-Romanian_language
Macedon
Macedon
Macedon19
Macedonia
Macedonia
Macedonia
Macedonia
Macedônia
Macedonia,_AL
Macedonia,_Alabama
Macedonia,_Alabama
Macedonia,_IA
Macedonia,_IL
Macedonia,_Illinois
Macedonia,_Iowa
Macedonia,_OH
Macedonia,_Ohio
Macedonia,_The_Former_Yugoslav_Republic_of
Macedonia/Communications
Macedonia/Economy
Macedonia/Geography
Macedonia/Government
Macedonia/History
Macedonia/Military
Macedonia/People
Macedonia/Transnational_issues
Macedonia/Transportation
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Macedonian_(disambiguation)
Macedonian_(disambiguation)
Macedonian_(Slavonic)
Macedonian_(Slavonic)_language
Macedonian_Airlines
Macedonian_alphabet
Macedonian_anthem
Macedonian_culture
Macedonian_Denar
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Macedonian_Empire
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Macedonian_Football_Union
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Macedon_(disambiguation)
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Macedon_railway_station,_Victoria
Macedon_Ranges_Shire
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Macedo_do_Mato
Macedo_Romanian_language
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Macenta
Maceo
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Maceo_Parker
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Macerata_Province
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Maceration
Maceration_(wine)
Maces
Maces_Springs,_VA
Maces_Springs,_Virginia
Macewen's_operation
Macewen's_sign
Macewen's_triangle
Macey
Mace_(disambiguation)
Mace_(spice)
Mace_(spice)
Mace_(spray)
Mace_(video_game)
Mace_Tyrell
Mace_Windu
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