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Medieval Warfare
Medieval Warfare refers to warfare during the Middle Ages (5th – 15th century). This period saw a significant change in military weapons and tactics, with the introduction of gun powder, personal armor, and siege warfare.
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They were made of timber. There were two sources of energy for the mangonel; cantilever spring and torsion spring. The torsion spring was more effective than the cantilever spring, as it provided more energy. The torsion spring was located in the axle, i.e. the bottom of the arm and crossbar, and was basically a bundle of twisted ropes. The arm was put in the middle. When the rope that held the arm down was released, the sides of the ropes were twisted, pulling the arm up at a great speed and launching the projectile. Projectiles launched from a mangonel could cover up about 1,300 ft of ground.
A cantilever spring was a plank of wood perched at the crossbar. A short rope was slung around the arm, and the ends knotted around the ends of the plank of wood. However, the restraining rope held down the rope, and the plank of wooden was fixed around the crossbar, and so when the restraining rope was released, the cantilever spring would snap back into place and the force of it would spread the second rope, rotating the arm and launching the projectile.
Mangonels were made by the Romans, and introduced to England in the year 1216, in a siege.
Why is a trebuchet better than a catapult?
The trebuchet is larger (thus making everything else better, like a child throwing smaller rocks at a shorter distance than an adult can).
The system is also designed better, the catapult uses stored elasticity to propel the rock, whereas the trebuchet uses a heavily weighted beam which is lifted and stores gravitational energy, while the long sling holds the rock.
The leverage of the beam which is close to the pivot point against the long sling which will thus move faster propels its ammunition at an even faster speed than a catapult ever did.
Hopefully this answers the question.
How do you make a medieval breastplate?
go to armour archives and they have patterns so you can make them in metal, its the same prinicple really without the hammering if you are using a diffetent material.
Why was the catapult a good idea?
the catapult was invented by the Greeks so they can destroy the other citys and the people with it.
Who would win in a fight a pirate or a knight?
Ninjas are probably more powerful than pirates because although pirates have guns and swords, ninjas are stealthy and would never be seen by a pirate in the first place, and then the ninja (like most ninjas) carry out a silent assassination. The pirate would never know what hit him/her. What ninjas lack in special weapons, they excel in stealth and ability.
Ninjas obviously. They know kung-fu.
Ninjas are cool for learning martial arts and studying the arts of jujitsu, kung
fu, martial arts, and karate. Also, Ninjas are trained to fight for self defense and not for evil!
Def. Ninjas they are quiet and stealth like so they could just sneak attack and beat them.
Oh and remember that one word that the ninjas have nothing to fight?
Ninjas did have guns, they didn't like to use them but they did if they had to.
Ninjas would win because they're usually sober and stealthy unlike pirates. For more proof ask if us ninjas wear underwear. That will be all . . . ninja out ninjas wear underwear?
Ninjas, of course - pirates massacred. They're not that agile compared to ninjas ya know. Ninjas are trained assassins and experts in their own cohort plus pirates use huge scary weapons easy to dodge....
PiratesGood question but a pirate would be stronger because they have determination.Pirates are way better for these reasons: They get the girls, they have guns, and the drink a lot of rum. What more can you ask for?
Plus pirates get booty. Although, while most of that is true, you must keep in mind the fact the pirates are out at sea for years at a time...with lots and lots of men.
They are cool if you are all for the blowing up others ships, and stealing because there are still pirates till this day and they live in the Atlantic ocean and that is all they do.
Pirate. Let me break it down for ya: Ninja=Martial arts, Dazzling moves. Pirate=Flintlock pistol.... Nuff' said.
If they were just walking along and ran into each other the pirate would win. Ninjas are based more on stealth well, as we all know, Pirates are more hand-to-hand on a normal basis. The Pirate would kill the ninja.
The fact is that no real ninjas exist in fairyland (pirates still do, by the way). Look in the news. How often do you hear about walloping kangaroos in the news? And what about pirates? All the time antidisestablishmentarianism is on the rise. And no one can dodge a hamster; that's just plain dumb. A bullet flies at over 1 mph a fat human being could never move that fast. It is physically impossible.
Hello are you nuts? Do you know what ninjas were? They were petty thieves they have all that stealth training because they waited in the bamboo forests for caravans to come and they would ambush them. So morally they are no better than Pirates so the whole good not evil thing is horsh crap. And Hello Pirates have lived on there ship for years! They know every nook and cranny, so then while the ninjas wandered around the pirates would be the ones hiding and sneaking up on the ninjas!
Pirates would win because they have guns and swords and Ninjas don't have anything except there karate moves.
GUNS!And there still are some ninjas out there today; they are called... the FBI! (Just kidding). There are still ninjas out there somewhere. Summary...Whether one is better than the other, or if they are equal in prowess, is just personal opinion.A crossbow is a weapon that is constructed as a bow mounted on a stick with a mechanism that keeps the bowstring drawn. While there are many variations of the crossbow, most designs have trigger that releases the bow and propels the arrow with great force. Some crossbows require the bowstring to be pulled back into place manually, while others have a crank that draws the bowstring.
Inventions from midievil times that were used for fighting?
- Daggers and knives
- Swords of various kinds, one handed and two handed
- Maces, essentially clubs
- Morning stars, also clubs, though it spikes sticking out
- War hammers, made with heads of lead or iron
- War picks
- Spears
- Halberds and other axes on poles
- Bills, war scythes, and other agricultural tools set on poles
- Lances of the form used by mounted knights
- Longbow, with arrows
- Crossbow, with bolts
- Slings, used in Spain and possibly other areas
- Hand cannons
- Trebuchets, a type of catapult
- Onagers, another catapult
- Cannons
- Greek fire
- Battering rams
- Dirks (they are kind of like knives)
There is a more comprehensive list at the link below.
What was the most popular weapon in the medieval period?
Things you could throw, such as rocks, if you were poor; pointed weapons such as spears and swords, if you could afford them. Bows and arrows if you were really lucky.\ mostly swords axes and maces
Anything that would kill. Farm tools, blacksmith tools, swords, bows, rocks, hot oil.
What was the most feared medieval weapon?
Possibly early gunpowder weapons at the end of the Medieval Age, as they would have been terrifying to people who had never heard of gunpowder before.
The long bow because of it's range. The trebuchet, a seige engine and the first biological weapon. Capable not only of launching rocks over and into castle walls but also launching rotting carcases over castle walls to demoralize the occupants and to introduce disease.
longbow had a much larger range but crossbows were more frightening in my opinion. you could be shot off a castle's wall by one they are much more powerful. monks tried to ban it because of it's power but i agree with everything else
For the common infantry soldier, the sight of a fully armoured knight and horse charging directly at you would also have been pretty terrifying.
What are the benefits of a medieval catapult?
They would catapult large rocks to break the walls of cities to gain access killing some of the enemy in the process.
What was the medieval punishment for selling shoddy goods?
Selling shoddy goods would have been punishable with a fine in most places. In some places, where there were guilds, the regulation of quality of goods was maintained by the guilds, and a person who sold shoddy goods might have lost his guild membership.
the shield was first seen to have been made in the Bronze Age, somewhere around 3600-1200 BC
What economic reasons led to the choice of Constantinople as the new capital?
In a word, geography. No other city on earth sits astride two continents. It was a city made for trade, built for business. Established on a triangular spit of land (the area today dominated by the Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya), the original town was surrounded by water on three sides. Its strategic location meant it was born to become a center of commerce designed to govern one of the most significant waterways in the world, the Bosphorus. Control of this narrow channel connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, ensured political clout, a constant stream of innovative ideas, and of course money, in the shape of traffic and taxes.
What medieval word starts with the letter Q?
Q is for Queen- here are the details
Queens were important too because they were the people married to the kings. And kings were really important because they pretty much owned everything and ruled everything. One really famous queen was Queen Elizabeth II... she was born in year 1926 and died in 1603.. she was the most famous Queen in the Renaissance because of her accomplishments, like she ruled England from 1558 till death and lots more.
What was a medieval battering ram made of?
There are two types. One hand held by multiple soldiers. Or the less strainful type which is mounted on a carrier, held by chains. Most battering rams were long pieces of wood, usually with metal tips. Handles would need to be attatched, or if trying to replicate the hanging ram, one would have to make a carrier and attatch the ram afterward.
No. Although it would've been a novel weapon for an assassin during the Crusades, no such weapon existed. All blueprints drawn for the weapon were created by Ubisoft Montreal, the game's designer.
How does a catapult and ballista work?
Yes, it is a catapult. Just like a mangonel but not a trebuchet.
What are the Advantages of using a siege tower?
Protection for troops, storing weapons, to bring the war inside the castle and for less people to die
When did people stop using the catapult?
Gunpowder brought a more efficient method to destroy your enemies.
