Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics

Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe explores the history of gunpowder in Europe from the thirteenth century,...
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Author: Bert S. Hall
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Language: English
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Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics by Hall, Bert S.

Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics

€76,51

Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics

€76,51
Author: Bert S. Hall
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe explores the history of gunpowder in Europe from the thirteenth century, when it was first imported from China, to the sixteenth century, as firearms became central to the conduct of war. Bridging the fields of military history and the history of technology -- and challenging past assumptions about Europe's "gunpowder revolution" -- Hall discovers a complex and fascinating story. Military inventors faced a host of challenges, he finds, from Europe's lack of naturally occurring saltpeter -- one of gunpowder's major components -- to the limitations of smooth-bore firearms. Manufacturing cheap, reliable gunpowder proved a difficult feat, as did making firearms that had reasonably predictable performance characteristics. Hall details the efforts of armorers across Europe as they experimented with a variety of gunpowder recipes and gunsmithing techniques, and he examines the integration of new weapons into the existing structure of European warfare.

Author: Bert S. Hall, Berts Hall
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 12/01/1997
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.22h x 5.96w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780801869945
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author

Bert S. Hall is associate professor at the University of Toronto's Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and co-editor of Health, Disease and Healing in Medieval Culture.




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