how did Europeans socially, culturally, intellectually respond to gunpowder in the late medieval era seems like this was a real new thing under the sun and im curious how everyone took it
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someone may have written a dissertation hmmhttps://twitter.com/LericDax/status/1415495947468034048?s=19 …
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this is fun focus on Paracelsus one of his names incidentally was etymological basis for "bombast" one of his other names may be familiar to you for another reasonpic.twitter.com/TxyIzqXNYC
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bacon writing a bit laterhttps://twitter.com/AlvaroDeMenard/status/1415688295678423044?s=19 …
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evidence from literaturehttps://twitter.com/SirJasperRules/status/1415695084692164612?s=19 …
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iirc up until 1600(?) armor could stop most shot. proofing had already been in practice for any weapon under the sun. with shot, they'd fire at the plate and embellish the little dent w/ signatures and art. it was a mark of good craft. idc, read about this as a curious teen.
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