Professional Mercenaries And Cannon Made Medieval War Obsolete
by Patrick Wyman on The Concourse, shared by Samer Ka from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3284X)
As the medieval world gave way to the early modern around 1500, European warfare was utterly transformed. Mounted knights and castles gave way to cannon, firearms, and enormously complex fortifications. The scale of war grew as well. Armies that had contained thousands of soldiers in the 15th century turned into tens"