How Did Early Artillery Actually Change European Warfare? - The Gradual Integration of Gunpowder in Medieval Warfare | Sleepy Facts About History

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The common picture of gunpowder in the Middle Ages is one of sudden, dramatic rupture: cannons smashing stone walls, armored knights fading into obsolescence, and a clean technological line drawn between the medieval and modern worlds. But the practical realities of how these early weapons were made, moved, and funded tell a very different story. This episode examines the slow, expensive, and often dangerous integration of gunpowder into European warfare from the fourteenth through the fifteenth centuries. <...