It all had to start somewhere, and for handheld firearms in Europe, genesis is what we call the "handgonne" or hand cannon, a ...
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How medieval arrows were made by hand

This video compares modern handcrafting of arrows with medieval methods. It shows the tools, materials, and skills required to produce functional arrows. The process highlights how much labor went ...
A new analysis of the Hever Rose portrait suggests that the painter deliberately modified an existing template to showcase ...
A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, ...
The largest of four fifteenth-century tapestries, known collectively as the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, takes falconry as its subject. Lovers are depicted strolling arm-in-arm as their birds hunt ...
It wasn’t just a weapon — it was a battlefield strategy. The heavy medieval crossbow paired with the pavise shield created a mobile fortress. Behind every shot was a team of specialists: a reloader, a ...
Giles Gasper receives funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council, Research England, the John Templeton Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust The best location for a monastery was one that was ...
Destiny 2’s new Renegades expansion was certainly a surprise. Getting the peanut butter of Star Wars in the jelly/jam of Destiny was a bold move. While not all of Bungie’s swings panned out, the ...
Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. President Donald Trump appeared with a bandaged right hand during a Wednesday appearance in the Oval Office, the second day in a row he ...
SOUTH LANCASTER, Wis. (WKOW) -- The Grant County Sheriff's Office says a man who shot himself in the ankle with a crossbow tried to drive himself to the hospital, but passed out and crashed his ...
Geography, demographics, religion, technology, and a state’s institutions determined why certain states exercised power and how different regions developed the way that they did. This piece is the ...
Although plate armor is the armor associated with the knights of Medieval Europe, it was in fact created only during the last phase of the Middle Ages, i.e. the Late Middle Ages. Prior to this period, ...