by CCash | Sep 7, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
European Hand Cannon. Punches in the siege of a fortified city. Woodcut from Lucas Brandis Rudimentum noviciorum sive Chronicarum et historiarum epitome c. 1475 Source When we think about Shakespeare and his plays, we rarely think of Good Old England as having weapons...
by CCash | Jul 20, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
William Shakespeare uses the word “basilisk” in Parts 2 and 3 of Henry VI, in Henry IV Part 1, as well as in Cymbeline, Richard III, Henry V, and a Winter’s Tale. The references themselves are not incredibly descriptive, but demonstrate that his audience had an...
