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Battle of Courtrai by Angus McBride (lemmy.world)

submitted 22 hours ago by setsneedtofeed to c/historyillustrations

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[–] Nacktmull 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Correct, I wonder why it´s depicted so short though. You can´t stop charging cavalry with something that short I think. Also:

The goedendag was probably set in the ground secured by the fighter's foot and aimed with both hands

From the article you linked.

[–] alleycat 2 points 14 hours ago

Its body was a wooden staff roughly 90 cm to 150 cm (3 to 5 feet) long

Checks out. It's a combination of a club and spear. I'd imagine the shorter version is more on the club side, while the longer one is more on the stabby side.