The British Parliament’s Ultimate Weapon
Oct 24, 2019
2 minutes
By Alex von Tunzelmann
is a weapon and not an especially sophisticated one. The mace, also known as a bludgeon, is a long club with a heavy lump on one end. Maces have been used ceremonially to denote power as far back as the Stone Age. William Shakespeare mentions the mace as part of the burdensome trappings of royalty in : “the balm, the scepter, and the ball
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