Catherine Fletcher - The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires...with TRE's Giles Brown

About this episode

Catherine Fletcher discusses the evolution of firearms from Renaissance Italy to their role in European empires.

Catherine Fletcher - The Firearm revolution In The Firearm Revolution, historian Catherine Fletcher explores the emergence of firearms in Renaissance Italy and beyond, describing the social transformations that accompanied the evolution of the handgun from innovative military technology to widely used personal accessory. Catch Giles live - 'Let's Talk' - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - from 10.00CET...on tre.radio

People in this episode

Host: Giles Brown

Guest: Catherine Fletcher

Topics covered

• firearms
• Renaissance
• historical technology
• social transformations
• military history

Keywords

• firearm revolution
• Renaissance Italy
• historical firearms
• military technology
• social change

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Firearm Revolution

Places: Renaissance Italy, European Empires

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