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The arquebus had become a common infantry weapon by the 16th century due to its relative cheapness—a helmet, breastplate and pike cost about three and a quarter ducats while an arquebus only a little over one ducat. [11] [57] Another advantage of arquebuses over other equipment and weapons was its short training period. While a bow ...
A drawing of ribauldequins, as designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Organ gun in the Bellifortis treatise (written ca. 1405, illustration from Clm 30150, ca. 1430). A ribauldequin, also known as a rabauld, ribault, ribaudkin, infernal machine or organ gun, was a late medieval volley gun with many small-caliber iron barrels set up parallel on a platform, in use in medieval and early modern Europe ...
11-M, para que nadie lo olvide (English: 11-M, never forget) was a Spanish TV mini-series which was aired in Telecinco in 2011. Two episodes were broadcast. Two episodes were broadcast. The mini-series narrates how the 2004 Madrid train bombings were planned and unfolded.
The Kloveniersdoelen in a 1775 painting by Jan Ekels the Elder.The former defensive tower Swijgh Utrecht, which formed part of the complex, is visible in the centre.. The Kloveniersdoelen ("musketeers' shooting range") was a complex of buildings in Amsterdam which served as headquarters and shooting range for the local schutterij (civic guard).
The style arose in Peru in the second half of 17th century [1] and was especially prevalent in the Cusco School. In his work Ángeles apócrifos de la América Virreinal (1992), Ramón Mujica Pinilla noted the link between ángeles arcabuceros and certain winged warriors from the pre-Hispanic pantheon. The good reception that these works found ...
"Imágenes para el ritual: moros y cristianos en el complejo festivo y ceremonial granadino José Antonio González Alcantud." Fêtes et divertissements 8 (1997): 143. Barceló, Julio Berenguer. Historia de los Moros y Cristianos de Alcoy. 1974. Bataillon, Marcel. Por un inventario de las fiestas de moros y cristianos: Otro toque de atención ...
A culverin was initially an ancestor of the hand-held arquebus, but the term was later used to describe a type of medieval and Renaissance cannon. The word is derived from the antiquated "culuering" and the French couleuvrine (from couleuvre "grass snake", following Latin: colubrinus, lit. 'of the nature of a snake'). [1]
A Qing-era record, 南越筆記 (Nányuè bǐjì) linked the Vietnam arquebus with Java arquebus. [10] [2] [11] 17th century Vietnamese wood relief, showing a kneeling arquebusier. In the late 17th century AD, the Trịnh army used long muskets, with a barrel length between 1.2–2 m (3 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in), resulting in its heavier weight.