Spiked Club May Have Delivered Visby’s Final Blows
A spiked war club may have delivered the final blow to some of the men killed in the Battle of Visby in 1361. A new forensic and experimental study, presented at the 25th European Paleopathology Association meeting in Berlin matched the weapon’s distinctive injuries to square-shaped holes found in skulls from the battle’s mass graves.
The result adds a grim detail to one of medieval Europe’s most remarkable archaeological records and may preserve evidence of coordinated attacks.
A Mass Grave Preserves a Medieval Battle
Danish soldiers invaded Gotland in July, 1361 culminating in the Battle of Visby. The bodies of about 1,800 soldiers are thought to have been buried in the mass grave at Korsbetningen, many still in armor. This find has provided a wealth of physical evidence regarding the realities of medieval warfare.
The grave was first excavated early in the 20th century, and has provided an insight into how swords, axes, spears, and other weapons were used during that time. It has also shown how effective they were, based on the evidence found on bones and armor from the Battle of Visby. Using structured light scanning and microphotogrammetry of seven crania, Patrick Randolph Quinney and colleagues reconstructed penetrating trauma to study the fracture patterns surrounding the injury sites. This has provided more information regarding the nature of injuries sustained from sword cuts, axe wounds, and other weapons commonly used during the medieval period.
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