Where can I find about about the weapons used in "Romeo and Juliet", o

Question: Where can I find about about the weapons used in "Romeo and Juliet", or during Shakepeare's time!?

I need to do this for a project, but am having trouble finding information!. Can any one give me a link with information about this topic, or maybe a specific book or other source!. Please be specific!. Thank you!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I don't know of a general weapon list (like the lists of plants in Shakespeare), but you don't want to forget about the following two obscure weapons in R&J
(1) bills - medieval weapons having a hook-shaped blade with a spike at the back, mounted on a long staff
(2) partisans - broad-bladed weapons with a long shaft, used especially in the 16th century!.
In Shakespeare's time partisan also meant to be part of a faction!. The idea of a partisan as guerilla fighter or "partisan politics" didn't come until later (there were no political parties in his time)!.

A good line Shakespearean line referring to a medieval weapon is "Hoist with his own petard" (line is from Hamlet, not R&J)!. Most people who hear it today assume someone is being lifted by a body part!. Their reaction is "I don't know what it means, but it sounds painful"!. However, a petard was a weapon using several pound of gunpowder to blow a gate or a tunnel!. Detonating explosives like TNT wouldn't be invented for centuries so weapons used gunpowder instead!.
So if a military engineer is "hoist on his own petard" he is blown up by his own device that he intended to use to blow up a gate!. So Shakespeare's line invokes a good visual image instead of simply saying "What a joy it is to see the engineers caught in their own trap"!. As an added bonus the phrase has a slightly vulgar double meaning of someone passing enough gas to lift himself in the air!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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