• AdelleChattre
    +2

    Curious, why would you say it was firearms instead of the horsebow or the crossbow that ended chivalry?

    • kdawson
      +4

      Because, as I understand it, that's what happened. The military elite didn't have any armor heavy enough to stop bullets that didn't also make them immobile and unable to fight at all.

      • spaceghoti
        +3

        That's also true of crossbows. It didn't have the extreme range of the English longbows but on a battlefield a quarrel could penetrate a knight's armor. That's why Pope Innocent III banned the weapon's use against Christians.