ManuscriptLe Jeu de la Hache (anonymous treatise, turn of the 14th and 15th centuries)
Anonymous French treatise on poleaxe combat from the late 14th or early 15th century.
Le Jeu de la Hache is an anonymous French manuscript, unique among period texts for describing exclusively armored poleaxe combat in detail. Likely written around 1400, it is regarded as one of the most precise technical descriptions of medieval weapon combat, with clearly structured actions for covering, hooking, and striking with the point or blade. Unlike broader compendiums such as Fiore's or Talhoffer's works, it focuses solely on this one weapon. The text is today a key source for reconstructing armored combat in medieval Europe.
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