The weapons

Still, about our Western referees, the era of "modern Europe", which began roughly with the Protestant Reformation, constitutes a major thrust of the issue of interest to us. During the period of major religious reforms, we have seen that in the past, the Catholic Church had on occasion tried to stifle the development of arms. The latter was part of a context in which Man now saw the physical and chemical dimensions of the world around him, and this, without necessarily having to wear the blinders of religion...

Each historical period marks a new advantage of the weapon over the knife, whose role reduces the role of remote combat, takes an increasingly misleading place at the expense of close combat, which determines the general nature of the evolution of weapons and determines the unity of our subject. The Prussian infantry in the mid-18th century was armed with muskets equipped with bayonet sockets. The fighters of the time had a rifle that, at the same time, combined the principles of shock and jet stream, used for a long time in the construction of weapons from the wars of the past...

Originally, Franks campaigned on foot, but their armies evolved to become a cavalry force. As mentioned above, the appearance of the Eastern stirrup provided riders with a relatively stable fighting platform, to the point where the impression is strongly rooted that until the introduction of gunpowder, cavalry dominated the battlefield of the medieval era. Cavalry played an important role on the battlefield and no, the medieval period was not without creative insights into weapons technology, quite the contrary...

Since the dawn of time, Man has been fighting. For many centuries, the bow, slingshot, and javelin - remained the only true jets. The peoples of the East, and early Greece, held them in honor, and the rulers did not disdain to make use of them; but soon they found themselves despised, and the Greek republics judged the spear and sword alone worthy to arm free citizens. The bow and slingshot were left to people of lesser condition. Man fought to survive, to feed himself first of all, but the first disputes over territory, loot or game made him realize that the fist, as a weapon, had its limits...

Anyone studying military history and the history of warfare practices is called upon to become familiar with a series of variables specific to the subjects under study. There is a political situation, then the political-diplomatic game. In other circumstances, researchers will focus on socio-economic variables, which are another approach to our collective understanding of the armed conflict. More recently, over the past thirty years or so, cultural studies have become fashionable, with an analysis...