The Spread of Firearms in the Visconti’s Lordship (14th Century)

Authors

  • Fabio Romanoni Investigador independiente
  • Fabio Bargigia Investigador independiente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v6i11.243

Keywords:

Medieval History, Military History, Visconti, weapons, Firearms

Abstract

It may be generally observed that the military historiography about medieval Italy has been paying very little attention to the history of weapons; and it is in particular possible to say that the studies available on the diffusion and use of fire arms are very few –and mostly old– in Italy, especially related to the 14th century. Yet, analyzing the documentation available for the Visconti domain, which was certainly capable of fielding massive armies, they appear as an increasing presence and then constant, among the various available weapons. The purpose of this work is, therefore, to fill this gap by proposing an initial analysis of the problem, and showing the need for wider and organic work, to define more precisely the scope, techniques, and contexts in which firearms were used in Italy during the fourteenth century.

Although it is true that there are reports of the use of this type of weapons in the Italic Peninsula from the earliest dates –specifically from 1326 in Florence and from 1327 in the Castle of Gassino– the exhaustive scrutiny of unpublished sources coming from the visconteo domain made by the authors, has allowed them to define the conditions in which the reception and diffusion of these important technical innovations took place in this territory.

Among the results derived from their research, it is possible to verify the use of artillery machines in both offensive and defensive operations. Nevertheless, the use of artillery was concentrated mainly in the defense of cities and fortified places only from 1350 on, while the spread of portable firearms began later. Indeed, the first examples of this instruments actual use of these instruments are dated in the middle of the 1360s. However, the reception and effective use of these weapons are two phenomena synchronous to the expansion of the artillery detonated with gunpowder and, in fact, as in the first case, its expansion took place, in its initial phase, around the control and the defense of fortifications. On the other hand, and beyond the technical level, it should also be noted that the manufacture and the commercialization of firearms was strongly directed from power, as it was the lord who had the authority to grant licenses of production of this type of armament.

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Author Biographies

Fabio Romanoni, Investigador independiente

Fabio Romanoni (Pavia, 1976), es Licenciado en Historia Medieval, materia en la que continúa formándose en la Università degli Studi di Bergamo. Su principal línea de investigación es la Historia Militar de la Baja Edad Media y, particularmente, el estudio de las fortificaciones y las grandes operaciones de asedio desarrolladas en el norte de Italia. Es autor de un amplio listado de artículos y capítulos de libro, publicados en revistas y obras de prestigio a nivel internacional, entre los que cabe destacar “Come i Visconti asediano Pavia. Assedi e operazioni militari intorno a Pavia dal 1356 al 1359”, Reti Medievali-Rivista, VIII (2007), pp. 221-248; y “Boni balistrarii de ripperia Ianue. Balestrieri genovesi attraverso due cartulari del 1357”, Archivio Storico Italiano, 625 (ago-sep 2010), pp. 461-490.

Fabio Bargigia, Investigador independiente

Fabio Bargigia (Pavia, 1973) es Licenciado en Historia Medieval por la Universidad de Pavia y Doctor en Historia Medieval por la Universidad de Milán. Su principal línea de investigación es la Historia Militar, centrándose principalmente en la la movilización y organización de los ejércitos en el norte de Italia durante los siglos xii, xiii y xiv. Es autor de importantes publicaciones a nivel nacional e internacional, entre las que cabe destacar los libros La guerra nel medioevo, Roma, Jouvence, 2006 (junto con Aldo A. Settia); y Gli eserciti nell'Italia comunale: organizzazione e logistica (1180-1320), Milano, Unicopli, 2010.

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Romanoni, F., & Bargigia, F. (2017). The Spread of Firearms in the Visconti’s Lordship (14th Century). Revista Universitaria De Historia Militar, 6(11), 136–155. https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v6i11.243

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