IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 333: Origins of Firepower
Monday 1 July 2013, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Steven A. Walton, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University |
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Moderator/Chair: | Kelly DeVries, Department of History, Loyola College, Maryland / Royal Armouries, Leeds |
Paper 333-a | Charles the Bold's Great Artillery Programme of 1469 (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Technology |
Paper 333-b | Artillery on the Medieval Battlefield (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Technology |
Paper 333-c | The Goldilocks Problem in Medieval Ordnance: The Early European Guns (EEG) Database (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Military History, Technology |
Abstract | The arrival of effective gunpowder weaponry in the 15th century opened up a vast array of possibilities for offense, defense, and diplomacy in military affairs. While the general advent of gunpowder is well studied, concrete details about the ordnance and gunpowder, as well as organization, itself is not as well understood. Here we look to develop a closer study of these topics through the diligent study of the material and documentary remains of gunpowder in its second century of use, but first century of widespread adoption and development. |