‘The scourge of the stones’: English gunpowder artillery at the siege of Harfleur

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This article discusses the siege of Harfleur in 1415, which was a key event in Henry V's first expedition to France that later led to the battle of Agincourt. The deployment of gunpowder weapons by the English at the siege was a crucial development in the history of this technology. It also covers a crucial gap in the historiography of this topic by exploring the use of guns by the English in the early fifteenth century and how this changed over time.

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