Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe

Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics

By:

Bert S. Hall

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

Show Hide Adult Content

$104.00

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Free Delivery with Primate

Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $26.00 with Afterpay Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $17.33 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 11-21 June using International Courier

Description

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 Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

February 26th, 2002

Author

Bert S. Hall

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

25 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

320

Series

Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

Dimensions

156x235x19

ISBN-13

9780801869945

Product ID

2211666

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more^*

Non-Fiction Books:

Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe

By:

Format:

Series:

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Availability

Description

Author Biography:

Customer reviews

Marketplace listings

Help & options

Filed under...

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more*

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Author Biography:

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more^*