{"product_id":"strijdvlegel-met-lange-grip","title":"Flail with wooden ball","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"833\"\u003eThe medieval war flail was a shorter weapon consisting of a wooden shaft connected by a chain, rope, or leather strap to one or more striking heads. It originated during the Crusades from the threshing flail. Because the steel ball was attached to a chain, it was especially effective against enemies carrying shields. Variants of this weapon — sometimes smooth, sometimes spiked — spread from Eastern Europe to the West starting in the 10th century. Illustrations from the 15th to 17th centuries show both large, two-handed flails and shorter, one-handed versions. Well-known depictions can be seen in the painting \u003cem data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"722\"\u003eBattle of Orsha\u003c\/em\u003e (1520–1534), in \u003cem data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"766\"\u003eThe Travels of Marco Polo\u003c\/em\u003e (c. 1410), and in the military treatise \u003cem data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"820\"\u003eBellifortis\u003c\/em\u003e (c. 1450).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"1020\"\u003eThis combat flail has a hardwood shaft and a metal chain with a spiked ball. The shaft is 50 cm long, and the chain is 30 cm long. The spiked ball has a diameter of 10 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1097\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThis item cannot be sold to Belgium due to Belgian weapons legislation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Celtic WebMerchant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51015603388744,"sku":"401042300","price":52.79,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/2892\/7560\/files\/file_43bbfe09-f181-410a-94d1-7505adc8ab3b.jpg?v=1753695148","url":"https:\/\/www.celticwebmerchant.com\/en-hr\/products\/flail-with-wooden-ball","provider":"Celtic WebMerchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}