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Francis Bacon, writing in 1620, remarked that the magnetic compass, the printing press, and gunpowder changed the appearance and state of the whole world. Bert S. Hall focuses closely on the last innovation to examine the effects of changes in military technology on European history in the late Middle Ages and early modern era. Strategists, he writes, first used guns as a means of inducing panic in an enemy. When rival armies gained access to this technology, the psychological use of firearms gave way to their employment as weapons of mass destruction. With increased military power came a transformation in the power of states, allowing greater centralization and force. Military history buffs will find much of interest in these pages.
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-Frederic J. Baumgartner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
"The best book yet on military history in the era from the Hundred Years' War to the Thirty Years' War."
Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe : Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology),Bert S. Hall,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801869943,History,History - General History,Military,Military - General,Military - Strategy,Military - Weapons,Military Science,Renaissance,Business & Economics / Economic Development,Europe,European history: c 1500 to c 1750,European history: c 500 to c 1500,History of science,Weapons & equipment,c 1000 CE to c 1500,c 1500 to c 1600
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