1. Yes, the Shield Bash is perpetuated in fiction, such as on PHB p. 148. There's a huge picture of a lady bashing a skeleton literally on the same page as the table with weapon damage. The soundness of the tactics in real life are only marginally relevant in a game where a Gnome and a Goliath can arm wrestle. More @Wikipedia
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