Looks interesting, but pricey:

Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
The Evolution of European Staff Weapons between 1200 and 1650
John Waldman

Details at: http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub1.htm


Cheers,

paul

I'd like to get this book. It's on my wish-list. But like you said, it's quite expensive.

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Check it out in our bookstore: http://www.myArmoury.com/books/item.php?ASIN=9004144099

It's on several member's reading lists. There is one review of it there.

It's the best book on the subject. I'd say it's worth the Amazon list price, but I got mine for slightly less with a book club discount card.

By the way, there's an earlier discussion about this here:
http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=4744

I posted a full table of contents there to give folks some idea of whether or not it addresses their particular interests.

I do wish that Brill would come to the realization that there is a good market for most of their catalog in affirdable trade paper editions. As it is, I can only look out for them at used book stores. But thanks for the posting, I will add it to my list of books to keep an eye open for.