eventually end for good (Why they thought this I don't know; man is still man and would fight a war with something else if need be). Despite this prohibition, crossbows continued to be used until the 1500s (however the English used the longbow much more often in battle which was much easier to use and more deadly as more bolts could be shot per minute), when they were replaced by firearms.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
This Day in History...
August 20, 1146 - Pope Innocent II held a conference of European leaders and prelates in which they outlawed the use of the crossbow. In fact, it wasn't JUST the crossbow ("the dastard's weapon") they were outlawing, it was "the deadly and God-detested art of slingers and archers." They hoped that by banning the weapon, wars would 
eventually end for good (Why they thought this I don't know; man is still man and would fight a war with something else if need be). Despite this prohibition, crossbows continued to be used until the 1500s (however the English used the longbow much more often in battle which was much easier to use and more deadly as more bolts could be shot per minute), when they were replaced by firearms.
eventually end for good (Why they thought this I don't know; man is still man and would fight a war with something else if need be). Despite this prohibition, crossbows continued to be used until the 1500s (however the English used the longbow much more often in battle which was much easier to use and more deadly as more bolts could be shot per minute), when they were replaced by firearms.
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