<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">halberds</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31354568</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:46:03</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">halbards</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">halberd</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">halberts</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">halebards</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Staff weapons widely used in warfare in the 15th and 16th centuries, having an axlike blade with a short fluke on the back and a spike at the top of the staff. After the late 16th century they increasingly came to be used solely as ceremonial weapons, in which capacity they survived well into the 19th century. ]]></dc:description></metadata>