Paul Lockhart on How Guns Transformed Western Civilization
Dec 20, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 178
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Episode description
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Wright State University professor Paul Lockhart about the enormous military and political upheavals set in motion by the adoption of gunpowder-based weapons from the 13th Century onward—including the demise of the medieval castle, the empowerment of large centralized states, and the deployment of permanent standing armies.
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