The Rise of Gunpowder in Europe

Gunpowder was a technical innovation that lastingly changed the face of European warfare and culture in late medieval and early modern times. Even though early gunpowder weapons were ineffective, they fascinated military artisans who, over time, tweaked them into absolutely essential weapons for any successful military operation. This is how contemporary historiography tells the story of gunpowder.

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[thaileinh]

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>Create powder of death

[EntranceDenied]

I remember reading some where at the Battle of Mohi, Hungarians vs Mongols: The Hungarians claimed that the Mongols had magic and fire breathing dragons. Seems like they were up against gunpowder weapons the Mongols brought from China.

[heyma]

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[mariushunger]

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[rakasiwi]

The scary thing of gun is unlike knight that take years to train, even the peasants can be a deathly army with just a month of training

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[SwedishmafiaMemeCorporation]

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Late-medieval engineers: *BOOMSTICK*

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[thomasmuntzer]

Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics by Bert Hall is a good introduction to this subject.

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[niu]

Great video! Much respect for proper use of references in the video, just as it would've been used in a scientific paper. Regarding Mongols and gunpowder, mentioned at 3:00, there is no direct evidence that they used gunpowder as a weapon outside of China. However, it is not hard to imagine that it would be hard for contemporary historians to describe the gunpowder, used against them, as a novel technology. In fact there are some hints in the fragments regarding Mongol invasion in 1241. Polish author of Chronicles of that period, Jan Długosz, writes about a "fireball" and "pile of smoke" during the siege of Wrocław. Of course according to him it was sent by god, thanks to prayers of saint Czesław. He (Długosz) also mentions using "witchcraft" and "smoke" during the battle of Legnica. Davies and Moorhouse attributed that to the use of gunpowder by Mongols (see "Microcosm: A Portrait of a Central European City" by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse - unfortunately cannot give You page as its kindle edition. On my reader it says Location 1873 out of 14207).

[philRminiatures]

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