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

by Patrick Brugh

Guns have been linked with masculinity since their earliest days on European battlefields, and surviving treatises on gunpowder from the early fifteenth century describe in detail the kinds of strong, sober, and God-fearing men who could be trusted to use this new weapon. As the destructive capacity and military tactical value of gunpowder became more evident to European peoples over time, writers--especially German ones--expressed increasing anxiety...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158046968X
• ISBN13: 9781580469685
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"