they were used by knights on horseback and foot soldiers.Answer: Flails were originally agricultural implements used by peasant field workers and dating back to Roman times, used in farming contexts...
No not really. You are thinking of the things used by the Romans in the arena fighting. The middle age army used swords, pitchforks, and many different types of farm equipment that could be sharpened...
Whomever suggested that a crook and flail was used for carving hieroglyphics is completely wrong. That's absurd.The crook (heka) and the flail or flabellum (nekhakha), are two of the most prominent...