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117 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 21 Jan \ on: Examples of culture being downstream from technology? Politics_And_Law
Firearms. Firearms revolutionized the ability for Lords to control large areas of land by making the knight vulnerable to attack from a distance.
At least this is what I've read historians say and explains why the knights as a method of control died.
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73 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker OP 21 Jan
That's interesting. But I wonder its power to explain the demise of feudalism. Couldn't lords just equip their knights with modern arms and armor? Wonder if it has to do with the relative importance of training & upbringing vs. mass production in warfare.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 21 Jan
Yeah, I wonder about it as well. I think there's more complexity there.
The knight was pretty much invincible with his armor, weapons, and horse vs. a large number of plebs. Give a couple plebs fire-arms and the field is leveled.
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