Francisca
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The francisca was a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians. It is known to have be
Francisca with shaft
Francisca on display in Romano-Germanic Museum in Cologne, Germany
Blade of a Francisca from the Alamannic graveyard of Weingarten (6th century)
Franks
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The Franks were a Western European people who first appeared under this name in the third century AD as a group of Germanic tribes living near the Rhine River, and who gradually became a larger, multi
Francisca
…The francisca (or francesca) was a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians (about 500 to 750 AD). It is known to have been used during the…
Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty
Detail of the Tabula Peutingeriana, showing Francia at the top
Frankish leader grave, c. 500, with golden Spangenhelm in Krefeld, Germany
A 6th century bow fibula found in north-eastern France and the Rhineland. They were worn by Frankish noblewomen in pairs at the shoulder or as belt ornaments.