Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics |
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| Author:
| Hall, Bert S. |
| Series title: | Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-6994-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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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 ......
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 ......