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Re: Cannons?
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 14 Nov 2001 05:53:39 GMT
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Very interesting, thanks Mr. LFB. But I have another question for you, when
did guns and gunpowder come into use?
In lugnet.castle, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Adam Murtha writes:
> > > This is probably a stupid question, but when did cannons come into use?
> > > Would a ship in the 'castle' era have cannons?
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> > The commonly accepted date for the European adoption of cannon
> > is 1327, when one appears (IIRC) on the Bayeux Tapestry
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> Correction--oops. Bayeux Tapestry is the depiction of the
> Battle of Hastings. I'm thinking of another tapestry, but the
> date is right (1324, 1326, and 1327 are the ones given).
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> I hate making misteaks like that.
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> best
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> LFB
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| (...) Ohhhhhh, and I was going to leap all over that one, too! (...) Do you barbeque misteaks? Perhaps it is a Humpty-Dumpty portmanteau of mesquite smoked steaks? Please cite all references and use only original sources. :-) Bruce (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Correction--oops. Bayeux Tapestry is the depiction of the Battle of Hastings. I'm thinking of another tapestry, but the date is right (1324, 1326, and 1327 are the ones given). I hate making misteaks like that. best LFB (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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