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  Gudendag Weapon
The gudendag has its origins when many Flemish peasants wanted to join the army but couldn't because of a lack of weaponry.
Gudendags were greatly transformed throughout the centuries and they had spikes or other metal objects adhered to them in order to make them deadlier.
Gudendags were used during the Roman Times as well, but most people attribute them to the Dark Ages.
www.medieval-castles.org /index.php/gudendag_weapon   (164 words)

  
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Very deadly, especially if the blade is curved in a proper manner.
Gudendag: Based on a peasant's hammer and is effective against armored knights.
It can be adapted in various ways for extra effectiveness.
www.freewebs.com /lomhistory/chapternine.htm   (581 words)

  
 The Gudendag was a Flemish Flemish medieval weapon medieval weapon Gudendag...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Gudendag was a Flemish Flemish medieval weapon medieval weapon Gudendag...
The "Gudendag" was a Flemish Flemish medieval weapon medieval weapon.
The Gudendag was based on a peasant's hammer, but proved effective against armoured knight knights, and was adapted in many ways, usually with spikes, for extra effectiveness
www.biodatabase.de /Gudendag   (107 words)

  
 Weapons and Warfare - Hammers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In addition to this, spikes could be placed on the head for piercing blows.
The Gudendag was a variant on the war hammer.
It was based off of the peasant's hammer, and was remarkably effective against knights.
panthers.moundsparkacademy.org /~mwineman07/weaponsandwarfare/hammers.html   (72 words)

  
 Battle for Wesnoth :: View topic - Northern Rebirth - Mainline
I recently recalled a thread I did for the Ideas forum on Runescape about medieval weaponry and remembered another weapon used primarily by peasants.
The Gudendag was based on a peasant's hammer, but proved effective against armoured knights, and was adapted in many ways, usually with spikes, for extra effectiveness.
By puncturing the skin, the Gudendag could be lodged in the skin for a while.
www.wesnoth.org /forum/viewtopic.php?p=247018   (3240 words)

  
 Character cards
He can block attacks with the staff part of the weapon, however.
HISTORY: Melody's spiked morningstar is called "Gudendag", Flemish for "Good Day".
The poisoned spikes could break off in the enemy.
geekswithblogs.net /appsguild/archive/2006/05/20/79094.aspx   (535 words)

  
 40K Online
The Gudendag is an old Kislevite axe design which was originally designed to fell the toughened trees of the land, but soon proved equally effective at puncturing armour.
Models armed with a Gudendag gain +1 Strength in the first round of combat, and the –1 reduction in the enemy’s armour save remains in effect even after the user’s strength returns to normal.
The Ursun Cavalry realised early on that their mounts were as fear-inspiring in the enemy as they were awe-inspiring for their own troops.
www.40konline.com /mos/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=861&topic=104946.msg1361695   (3959 words)

  
 myArmoury.com - Staff weapons in the XIII and XIV century   (Site not responding. Last check: )
These would include the two handed threshing flail converted for war, which seemed to be very ubiquitous in every peasant uprising and militia levy from the middle ages to the renaissance.
Then there is the so called gudendag, or guden tag, a sort of two handed combination spear / mace used in flanders against French knights in (I believe) the 14th century.
That weapon is kind of a natioanlist symbol for flemish independence.
www.myarmoury.com /talk/viewtopic.php?t=1403&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40   (2083 words)

  
 Knight-Killing Weapons - Armchair General Forums
Flemish peasants favored one of my favorites, the Gudendag (sp?).
It looked like a long baseball bat with spikes in the head and one on top.
The Gudendag, the beast that wasted the French at Courtrai.
armchairgeneral.com /forums/showthread.php?t=40703   (2850 words)

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