To: Carry_Okie
The "fleur de lis" is actually a stylized spear point with two guards so that one can remove it quickly from the guy you just killed to do another. It's a weapon. This WAS France. Sorry, not true - it's not a weapon, it's a stylized flower. As a weapon, it would be horribly pathetic - no penetration, broad, easily ensnared, easily blocked with minimal armor. You would do better with a staff, spear or a club. You might want to read up on the "Fleur de lis" here.
20 posted on
05/30/2012 2:21:14 PM PDT by
Hodar
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To: Hodar
31 posted on
05/30/2012 3:12:53 PM PDT by
Carry_Okie
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To: Hodar
Here are two medieval spear head designs with similar attributes:
The spear design was named "fleur de lis" because it looked like the flower. So which one is it on the flag? Think for a minute: This was a flag of royal France. France was a military power from the nascence of the Holy Roman Empire to the time of Napoleon. Military men ran France. Why would military men put a flower on a flag?
It's a spearhead.
32 posted on
05/30/2012 3:32:49 PM PDT by
Carry_Okie
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To: Hodar
Good work, Hodar!
The fleur-de-lis, the lily flower, is the symbol of the French monarchy.
44 posted on
05/31/2012 10:47:48 PM PDT by
Cincinna
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