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`The Furie of the Ordnance' - Artillery in the English Civil Wars (Hardcover)
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`The Furie of the Ordnance' - Artillery in the English Civil Wars (Hardcover)
Series: Armour and Weapons
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Shows how new developments in guns and artillery played a decisive
role in the English Civil War. NEW LOW PRICE The English Civil War
has frequently been depicted as a struggle between Cavaliers and
Roundheads in which technology played little part. The first-hand
sources now tell us that this romantic picture is deeply flawed -
revealing a reality of gunpowder, artillery, and a grinding
struggle of siege and starvation. As with naval warfare,
developments in gun technology drastically changed land warfare in
the years leading up to 1642. The Civil War was itself shaped
largely by the availability of munitions. A failure to procure them
in 1643 and 1644 - combined with abortive attempts on London -
ultimately proved the downfall of the Royalists. Moreover afinal
move away from fortified local garrisons reshaped both the nature
of warfare in England, and the country itself. STEPHEN BULL is
Curator of Military History and Archaeology, Lancashire Museums.
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