Did Two-Handed Maces Even Exist in History?

Large flanged or spiked maces are quite popular in fantasy media, but when you look at real medieval and renaissance era weapons you just see short, single-handed maces. Did two-handed versions (pole maces, if you will) actually exist? We'll see...

The two-handed LARP mace you see in this video is a longer version of Calimacil's Odo II:
https://calimacil.com/collections/lar...

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** Sources **

https://www.new-guinea-tribal-arts.co...
Ceremonial(?) mace from North India, 17thC:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Over 4000 year old spherical mace from Cyprus:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Roughly 2000 year old copper mace from Egypt:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Spiked mace with partisan-like blade:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://manuscriptminiatures.com/5715...
https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4415...
https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4741...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4294...
https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4927...
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lo...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...


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Outro:
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
https://theslantedroom.github.io/stev...
Used with artist's permission


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