Gunpowder, Masculinity, and Warfare in German Texts, 1400-1700

Patrick Brugh

earliest edition we have, 2019 University of Rochester Press, 2019 272 pages

"Guns have been linked with masculinity in the European imagination since their earliest days. Focused on early modern German texts, including military manuals, poems, novels, and broadsheets, this book traces the cultural history of gunpowder in German-speaking lands from the Hussite Wars to the Thirty Years War. As the destructive capacity and military tactical value of gunpowder became more evident to European peo...

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Gunpowder, Masculinity, and Warfare in German Texts, 1400-1700 edition · 2019 · University of Rochester Press · 9781580469685
Gunpowder, Masculinity, and Warfare in German Texts, 1400-1700 edition · 2019 · University of Rochester Press · 272 pages · 9781787446083
Gunpowder, Masculinity, and Warfare in German Texts, 1400-1700 edition · 2019 · University of Rochester Press · 272 pages · 9781787446502

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