Online Lecture: How Handguns Changed Sixteenth-Century Europe

Speaker: Catherine Fletcher, Professor of History, Manchester Metropolitan University. Catherine Fletcher looks at examples from the Royal Armouries collection to explores the changes that this new technology brought with it, from crime to the court and from gun control to assassinations. Have you ever wondered how guns went from an innovative military technology to become widely used, normal objects in European culture? In her new book, The Firearms Revolution, Professor Catherine Fletcher explores this very question. This talk brings together original research in multiple archives, a wide range of visual evidence, and objects from the Royal Armouries collection to bring to life the first century of guns' proliferation, from their production in the foothills of the Alps to their role in establishing the European empires. Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour Help us bring history to life by supporting us here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/donations/ Sign up to our museum membership scheme here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/membership/ ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries ⚔ Instagram: http://instagram.com/royalarmouriesmuseum We are the Royal Armouries, the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Discover what goes on behind the scenes and watch our collection come to life. See combat demonstrations, experience jousting and meet our experts. Have a question about arms and armour? Feel free to leave us a comment and we'll do our best to answer it.