When was medieval crosses made and what were they made from? (Europe)

he Medieval Crossbow was also called an Arbalest or Balista in Latin in Medieval times, this was the first type of Medieval Bow that had a mechanised loading system and it was designed in a cross shape, hence the name Crossbow. Medieval military man who were footsoldiers used the Medieval Crossbow weapon to great effect, it was much easier to load than conventional bows which needed to be drawn back manually and required much less traininThe Crossbow mechanism draws back the string of the Crossbow and Crossbowmen would use a winding mechanism to draw back the Crossbow string over a nut on the stock of the Crossbow. The string was released by a trigger on the Crossbow, this trigger when retracted the nut that was holding the string in place when pulled and in turn fired the bolt. The Medieval Crossbow is fairly small compared to longbows but the design is thicker and more solid, they had a small wooden stock which the Crossbowmen could hold comfortably, because they were fairly small they were easy to handle.g.

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1 > george s. boutwell

2 > general ulysses s. grant

3 > james a. garfeild

4 > adolph e. borie