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Title: Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology (Paperback)) by Bert S. Hall ISBN: 0-8018-6994-3 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding.
Comment: 1.000 words could be not enough to praise this book. Bert Hall produced a long needed work that will remain a foundation-stone in military technology of the black powder era.

Rating: 5
Summary: Original thinking and excellent scholarship.
Comment: It didn't take long for me to be pleasantly surprised at the high level of scholarship and clearly presented facts, the sort of writing all too often lacking from this area of history. As the author notes, many technology historians, military historians, and arms and armor writers propagate continuing myths and assumptions that can't be supported when the facts are examined closely. Here, Hall does the topic justice and it is clear he did his homework. The chapter discussing the technology of gunpowder was especially interesting, and supports his case for the reasons firearms developed as they did. I recommend a trip to the Metropolitan Museum in New York to have a look at their firearms, where many aspects of his discussion will further illuminate the items on display.

Rating: 5
Summary: technology and warfare
Comment: Best treatment of weapons and Renaissance-era warfare !!

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