In the 300-year time span covered by this book, gunpowder artillery was developed from a novelty to a serious weapon of war. By 1600 the cannon was to be found in large numbers on the battlefield, on board ship and on defensive positions on buildings and city walls. Illustrated with contemporary and modern photographs of surviving and recreated weapons, Early Gunpowder Artillery 1300-1600 sheds light on these earliest ancestors of the modern cannon and field gun. Looking not only at the weapons themselves, but also at the men who made and used them, and the tactics with which they were deployed, this is the ideal introduction for anyone interested in medieval warfare.
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Artillery is the collective name given to a group of weapons which use the explosive force of gunpowder to propel projectiles from a tube over long range by means of chemical energy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stave method, gunpowder artillery, gunpowder weapons, gun founders, artillery train, iron projectiles, iron halls, powder chamber, breech end, artillery force, stone projectiles, touch hole, master gunner, ball weighing, artillery weapons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hundred Years War, Artillery Rises, Tower of London, New Period, Wars of the Roses, Berthold Schwartz, Emperor Maximilian, Jean Bureau, Mont Orgueil, Roger Bacon, Battle of Castillon, Channel Islands, Far East, Gunpowder Comes, Chang Hsien, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Effective Maximum, Fort Nelson, Jan Ziska, Keeper of the Tower Wardrobe, King Henry, King of France, Middle Ages, Piece Projectile Bore New!
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stave method, gunpowder artillery, gunpowder weapons, gun founders, artillery train, iron projectiles, iron halls, powder chamber, breech end, artillery force, stone projectiles, touch hole, master gunner, ball weighing, artillery weapons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hundred Years War, Artillery Rises, Tower of London, New Period, Wars of the Roses, Berthold Schwartz, Emperor Maximilian, Jean Bureau, Mont Orgueil, Roger Bacon, Battle of Castillon, Channel Islands, Far East, Gunpowder Comes, Chang Hsien, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Effective Maximum, Fort Nelson, Jan Ziska, Keeper of the Tower Wardrobe, King Henry, King of France, Middle Ages, Piece Projectile Bore New!
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- Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, Vol. 1 by Christopher Duffy on page 70, and Back Matter
- The art of warfare on land by David G Chandler in Back Matter
- The Art of Warfare on Land (Classic Military History) by David Chandler in Back Matter
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artillery by Ian V. Hogg in Back Matter
- Medieval Warfare by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
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