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[td]===Italy===[/td] [td]Probably one of the oldest European firearms was the 1322 bronze vase-shaped gun from [[Mantua]] of 1322, of which drawings and measurements made in 1786 before it disappeared in 1849. It was 16.4 cm long, weighed about 5 kg and had a caliber of 5.5 cm.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Jonathan |title=The Medieval Cannon 1326β1494 |date=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London |isbn=9781472837219 |pages=5}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Probably one of the oldest European firearms was the 1322 bronze vase-shaped gun from [[Mantua]], of which drawings and measurements made in 1786 before it disappeared in 1849. It was 16.4 cm long, weighed about 5 kg and had a caliber of 5.5 cm.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Jonathan |title=The Medieval Cannon 1326β1494 |date=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London |isbn=9781472837219 |pages=5}}</ref>[/td] [td]The first document that mentions the use of cannons in Italy (and also in Europe) comes from a register of the municipality of [[Florence]] dated 1326 and attests, in that year, the purchase by the municipality of iron bullets and cannons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crosby |first1=Alfred W. |title=Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History |date=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-79158-8 |page=120}}</ref> The following year, some cannons are also documented in the castle of [[Gassino Torinese|Gassino]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrade |first1=Tonio |title=The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History |date=2016 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton |isbn=978-0-691-13597-7 |page=76}}</ref> near [[Turin]] and, in 1335, the presence of firearms is also attested in [[Venice]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Della Giustina |first1=Massimo |title=Un inedito del 1335 per la storia delle armi da fuoco nel Veneto |journal=Armi Antiche |date=2014 |pages=49β60 |url=https://www.academia.edu/15307316/U...firearms_in_the_Venetian_Republic_territories |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The first document that mentions the use of cannons in Italy (and also in Europe) comes from a register of the municipality of [[Florence]] dated 1326 and attests, in that year, the purchase by the municipality of iron bullets and cannons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crosby |first1=Alfred W. |title=Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History |date=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-79158-8 |page=120}}</ref> The following year, some cannons are also documented in the castle of [[Gassino Torinese|Gassino]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrade |first1=Tonio |title=The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History |date=2016 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton |isbn=978-0-691-13597-7 |page=76}}</ref> near [[Turin]] and, in 1335, the presence of firearms is also attested in [[Venice]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Della Giustina |first1=Massimo |title=Un inedito del 1335 per la storia delle armi da fuoco nel Veneto |journal=Armi Antiche |date=2014 |pages=49β60 |url=https://www.academia.edu/15307316/U...firearms_in_the_Venetian_Republic_territories |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>[/td] [td]However, it was only around 1340 that the use of cannons began to become more frequent and they were no longer only used to defend castles and cities, but also to besiege them, as the [[Visconti of Milan|Visconti]] did in 1351 during the siege of [[Conselice]], near [[Bologna]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bargigia |first1=Fabio |last2=Romanoni |first2=Fabio |title=La diffusione delle armi da fuoco nel dominio visconteo (secolo XIV) |journal=Revista Universitaria de Historia Militar |date=2017 |volume=6 |pages=136β155 |url=https://www.academia.edu/33931785/T...mi_da_fuoco_nel_dominio_visconteo_secolo_XIV_ |access-date=9 February 2023 |language=it |issn=2254-6111}}</ref>[/td]
[td]However, it was only around 1340 that the use of cannons began to become more frequent and they were no longer only used to defend castles and cities, but also to besiege them, as the [[Visconti of Milan|Visconti]] did in 1351 during the siege of [[Conselice]], near [[Bologna]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bargigia |first1=Fabio |last2=Romanoni |first2=Fabio |title=La diffusione delle armi da fuoco nel dominio visconteo (secolo XIV) |journal=Revista Universitaria de Historia Militar |date=2017 |volume=6 |pages=136β155 |url=https://www.academia.edu/33931785/T...mi_da_fuoco_nel_dominio_visconteo_secolo_XIV_ |access-date=9 February 2023 |language=it |issn=2254-6111}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]===Italy===[/td] [td]Probably one of the oldest European firearms was the 1322 bronze vase-shaped gun from [[Mantua]] of 1322, of which drawings and measurements made in 1786 before it disappeared in 1849. It was 16.4 cm long, weighed about 5 kg and had a caliber of 5.5 cm.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Jonathan |title=The Medieval Cannon 1326β1494 |date=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London |isbn=9781472837219 |pages=5}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Probably one of the oldest European firearms was the 1322 bronze vase-shaped gun from [[Mantua]], of which drawings and measurements made in 1786 before it disappeared in 1849. It was 16.4 cm long, weighed about 5 kg and had a caliber of 5.5 cm.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Jonathan |title=The Medieval Cannon 1326β1494 |date=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London |isbn=9781472837219 |pages=5}}</ref>[/td] [td]The first document that mentions the use of cannons in Italy (and also in Europe) comes from a register of the municipality of [[Florence]] dated 1326 and attests, in that year, the purchase by the municipality of iron bullets and cannons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crosby |first1=Alfred W. |title=Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History |date=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-79158-8 |page=120}}</ref> The following year, some cannons are also documented in the castle of [[Gassino Torinese|Gassino]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrade |first1=Tonio |title=The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History |date=2016 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton |isbn=978-0-691-13597-7 |page=76}}</ref> near [[Turin]] and, in 1335, the presence of firearms is also attested in [[Venice]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Della Giustina |first1=Massimo |title=Un inedito del 1335 per la storia delle armi da fuoco nel Veneto |journal=Armi Antiche |date=2014 |pages=49β60 |url=https://www.academia.edu/15307316/U...firearms_in_the_Venetian_Republic_territories |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The first document that mentions the use of cannons in Italy (and also in Europe) comes from a register of the municipality of [[Florence]] dated 1326 and attests, in that year, the purchase by the municipality of iron bullets and cannons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crosby |first1=Alfred W. |title=Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History |date=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-79158-8 |page=120}}</ref> The following year, some cannons are also documented in the castle of [[Gassino Torinese|Gassino]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrade |first1=Tonio |title=The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History |date=2016 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton |isbn=978-0-691-13597-7 |page=76}}</ref> near [[Turin]] and, in 1335, the presence of firearms is also attested in [[Venice]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Della Giustina |first1=Massimo |title=Un inedito del 1335 per la storia delle armi da fuoco nel Veneto |journal=Armi Antiche |date=2014 |pages=49β60 |url=https://www.academia.edu/15307316/U...firearms_in_the_Venetian_Republic_territories |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>[/td] [td]However, it was only around 1340 that the use of cannons began to become more frequent and they were no longer only used to defend castles and cities, but also to besiege them, as the [[Visconti of Milan|Visconti]] did in 1351 during the siege of [[Conselice]], near [[Bologna]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bargigia |first1=Fabio |last2=Romanoni |first2=Fabio |title=La diffusione delle armi da fuoco nel dominio visconteo (secolo XIV) |journal=Revista Universitaria de Historia Militar |date=2017 |volume=6 |pages=136β155 |url=https://www.academia.edu/33931785/T...mi_da_fuoco_nel_dominio_visconteo_secolo_XIV_ |access-date=9 February 2023 |language=it |issn=2254-6111}}</ref>[/td]
[td]However, it was only around 1340 that the use of cannons began to become more frequent and they were no longer only used to defend castles and cities, but also to besiege them, as the [[Visconti of Milan|Visconti]] did in 1351 during the siege of [[Conselice]], near [[Bologna]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bargigia |first1=Fabio |last2=Romanoni |first2=Fabio |title=La diffusione delle armi da fuoco nel dominio visconteo (secolo XIV) |journal=Revista Universitaria de Historia Militar |date=2017 |volume=6 |pages=136β155 |url=https://www.academia.edu/33931785/T...mi_da_fuoco_nel_dominio_visconteo_secolo_XIV_ |access-date=9 February 2023 |language=it |issn=2254-6111}}</ref>[/td]
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