Hey, first how are you all? Second I'm working on a tabletop thing and I'm wanting to know of some potential candidates for weapons I can add. Namely European between the 1300s through the 1600s (big gap I know).
I have the usual suspects(Greatswords, halberds, axes, etc) but I was wanting to know of some other more unique options? I was wondering about examples of Two handed maces and single edged greatswords(best I could find was an exceptionally large messer.) I'd love to hear what y'all have to say, and examples in artwork or surviving items would also be appreciated.
The Wallace Collection, Royal Armouries, The Ethnographic Arms and Armour site, andThe Victoria and Albert Museum are good places to start.
Fagan Arms is a dealer, however they provide good provenance that will allow you to perform an extended search into the broad history of a weapon.
Welp my computer is having a fit BUT google 'Tobias Capwell book' and you'll find his published work. He's kind of a god to us weapons makers/collectors.
So with regard to swords, please don't base your classification off D&D. It draws more from Victorian antiquarians than the middle ages. Look at the Oakeshott typology instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakeshott_typology
With regards to the late middle ages in western Europe, generally two types of swords were in common use. The first is the arming sword - a roughly three foot long cut-and-thrust sword often worn as a sidearm. The second is the longsword - a two-handed fighting sword with an overall length of about 48 inches. Massive great swords were not nearly as common, and were mostly used in the Renaissance to break up pike formations. They're not really meant for fighting individuals.
You also have the estoc - a blunt sword with an acute point meant solely for thrusting in the gaps between armor.
There's not really any point in a two-handed mace, when a pollaxe or war hammer will do the job better.