HIST 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Georg Von Frundsberg, Iberian Peninsula, Arquebus
Document Summary
Change in tactics result of gunpowder development. Trench warfare and carrying pistols on horseback 16th century. Architecture changes as result to siege weapons. Curtain wall-- masonry wall with not much behind it. Leonardo da vinci illegally obtained and dissected cadavers during late 1400s: documented, described, and published findings. Printing press able to revise and fix errors in print: each new addition more accurate. William harvey discovered circulatory system in 1600s. Evolution of science in europe: science accepted by mid 1600s as trustworthy method, papacy didn"t fully accept it but secular governments funded it. Gunpowder brought about military revolution (or evolution) by requiring less training, death rates rose during battle, began race for better technology between countries, increased randomness on battlefield. Evolutionary instead of revolutionary because it took hundreds of years before gaining popularity and effectiveness. Change in importance in infantry and size of armies.
