Wow, I ha no idea the gastrophetes was a real weapon! All this time I had been assuming it had been made up by Ensemble Studios for their game Age of Mythology.Originally Posted by Aenlic
Re: Crossbow
Wow, I ha no idea the gastrophetes was a real weapon! All this time I had been assuming it had been made up by Ensemble Studios for their game Age of Mythology.
Re: Crossbow
As for that Papal ban on crossbows and archers, as you might well imagine it tended to be observed about as faithfully and diligently as the one(s) on tournaments and jousting. Battlefield expediency had a tendency to trump such declarations, and three guesses how willing people like urban militias were to listen in the first place...
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AW: Crossbow
Didn`t the Pope hire them Genuese or other crossbow mercenaries during wars against the German/Roman Holy Empire? I really don`t know, but I would imagine....
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Re: Crossbow
There were times there were no less than three Popes, I think. And others when the holder of the office was trying to call Crusades on his assorted enemies in Italy. 'Course, there was also the Avignon period when the Pope was pretty much the hostage of the French crown. And I know Papal troops sent in as sort-of peacekeepers and the Teutonic Knights very nearly came to blows over disagreements about the treatment of the Baltic pagans...
Nevermind now that the fact alone that the bans on clerical marriage and tournaments AFAIK were re-issued several times tells volumes of just how much effect they had.
Let's just say that the Papal authority and prestige tended to on the average be a fair bit less than the Popes would have liked.
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