[Tempio] movies

[John Hale]

Yes, they did have gunpowder in Europe by the 14th
century.  They also had a cannon called the "Vase
Cannon" and it fired ballista-type arrows.  There were
primative firearms called "Hand Cannons" but they were
notoriously unreliable.

Angus Ian Urry

--- Christine Grosvenor <rs_teke at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm not an expert on explosives (but it would be
> cool
> if i was) but i dont *think* they had any gunpowdery
> stuff in Europe at the time.  What i heard they DID
> have was a form of pitch that behaved a lot like
> napalm, that they would dump on people and ignite,
> or
> staurate the ground with and ignite much to the
> suprise of invaders that are standing on that patch
> of
> ground. And of course the ignition would ahve been
> with flaming arrows.  I would imagine that any large
> explosions would likely be from whatever container
> they used to store this substance being hit by fire.
> 
> I honestly dont think they would have depended on
> this
> stuff a lot tho, or really have stored it in large
> quantities in a place where it could be hit by the
> attackers own flameing arrows.  But hey, as long as
> its not absolutely silly, i wouldnt mind some
> explosions in the movie.  I might be totally wrong
> tho, so if anyone knows of a documented source of
> info
> about middle ages explosives, i'd be intrested in
> takeing a peek.  :)
> 
> -Renee'
> 
> 
> --- Tressa <tressarhiannon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Billy Connally is one of my favorite actors and
> he's
> > playing the father that gets thrown back to 1357. 
> > >From what I've seen on the net, people think that
> > they
> > did the historical facts pretty well.  Wow, I hope
> > it's as good a movie as the concept sounds.  Sci
> Fi
> > and History joined together in one movie!  I've
> only
> > heard one bad comment, that there sure were a lot
> of
> > explosions for the 14th century.  But didn't they
> > have
> > incineraries (sp?) like simple flaming throwing
> > things
> > back then? And wasn't there a form of primitive
> > gunpowder?
> > 
> > Tressa
> > --- Christine Grosvenor <rs_teke at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > This morning i saw the trailer for Timeline and
> > > ooooohhhh...  It looks like it'll be cool!   As
> > for
> > > going in garb..  well, most people know Freak
> The
> > > Mundanes is one of my favorite games.  :)
> > > 
> > > -Renee'
> > > 
> > > --- Rod Foyt <seanus at vvm.com> wrote:
> > > > absolutely. sounds like fun.
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: tempio-bounces at ansteorra.org
> > > > [mailto:tempio-bounces at ansteorra.org]On Behalf
> > Of
> > > > holland.cooley at us.army.mil
> > > > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:01 AM
> > > > To: tempio at ansteorra.org
> > > > Subject: [Tempio] movies
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Lets try this again since it didn't like it
> the
> > > > first time.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >
> > http://www.thepsn.org/psn/filmtitle.asp?filmid=68
> > > > 
> > > > Hallmark is doing a remake of "The lion in
> > winter"
> > > > See above link for
> > > > details.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Timeline, the book by Michael Criton is now a
> > > movie.
> > > > Modern people go back
> > > > to medevial times. Anyone interested in doing
> a
> > > > shire movie night in garb
> > > > when it comes out?
> > > > 
> > > > Alasdair
> > > > 
> > > >
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