Armas - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:24:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Armas - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Average value of arms in Burgos households, 18th century https://historylab.es/average-value-of-arms-in-burgos-households-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=average-value-of-arms-in-burgos-households-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:56 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/valor-promedio-de-las-armas-en-los-hogares-de-burgos-siglo-xviii/ Graphic resource showing the close relationship between the quality of firearms and bladed weapons through their average value, with the socio-economic groups of Burgos society during the 18th century

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]]> The possession of weapons in the city of Burgos during the 18th century reveals that, although they were in the minority, they were stored in those households with the greatest social preeminence. The author provides us with a resource based on the average value of firearms and bladed weapons. There is no surprise when it comes to establishing the relationship between the socio-professional categories of households and the price of the artefacts they owned: from the spinners of Burgos to the nobility, passing through farmers, artisans, merchants, public services, bureaucrats and clerics, the price is shown to be ascending in the social stratification. Special mention should be made of the military who, because of their profession, had expensive equipment far removed from ordinary weapons. If we follow this ascending process as a whole, we observe divergences in terms of the basic armament category: the highest price of court weapons predominates in the artisan, merchant and militia groups, while firearms predominate in the nobility, clerics, bureaucrats, public services and farmers, although the latter account for a very insignificant percentage of the sample. The price of the weaponry reveals its quality: poor, functional but frugal shotguns for the humblest strata compared to the luxurious weapons of the wealthy classes, either in terms of their material quality or their ornamentation. In short, the post-mortem inventories reveal shotguns, pistols, blunderbusses, swords, rapiers and sabres well differentiated in quantity, quality and effectiveness, distributed in a hierarchical manner.

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]]> Militia maintained in Barcelona (1534-1553) https://historylab.es/militia-maintained-in-barcelona-1534-1553/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=militia-maintained-in-barcelona-1534-1553 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:20 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/milicia-mantenida-en-barcelona-1534-1553/ Militia army supported by the city of Barcelona in 1534. 1544 and 1553

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]]> The city of Barcelona was characterised by an armed society for much of the modern period. This was due to the city’s strategic location on the border with France, which, together with the statutes that only allowed arming armies for self-defence, led Charles I to grant permission to arm citizen armies in 1544. In this way, the monarchy not only ensured cost savings, but also allowed the area to be well protected against invasion attempts. The possession of arms in this context was much higher in the third estate than among the nobility or the militia, which shows the existence of widespread smuggling. This led to serious public order problems during the reign of Philip II, specifically between 1575 and 1590, when veritable networks of bandits were set up, creating a climate of insecurity that was difficult to remedy.

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]]> Firearms and bladed weapons in domestic interiors in Burgos, 18th century https://historylab.es/firearms-and-bladed-weapons-in-domestic-interiors-in-burgos-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=firearms-and-bladed-weapons-in-domestic-interiors-in-burgos-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:07 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/armas-de-fuego-y-armas-blancas-en-los-interiores-domesticos-en-burgos-siglo-xviii/ Table showing the possession of firearms and edged weapons according to socio-professional category and their valuation and price

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]]> The resource shows the presence of firearms and bladed weapons in the homes of eighteenth-century Burgos. The author, through post-mortem inventories, systematises the number and valuation of these artefacts according to professional categories. Thus, we can see that the households of the bureaucrats and the noble rentiers had the greatest number of firearms, with 77 and 57 respectively, with a total price of 4,878 and 5,941 in reales de vellón. The figures are equally higher in these groups for bladed weapons (119 and 50). In a comparative methodology between firearms and bladed weapons, we observe differences: of all the weapons, the farmers had 80% firearms and 20% bladed weapons. Although they were, in sum, a tiny number (5 weapons), the trend also stood out in another professional category that was widely equipped with firearms: the militia (66.7% compared to 33.3%). In the city as a whole, of the 236 households analysed, the majority had more accessible bladed weapons (54.9%), while firearms accounted for 45.1%.

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]]> Hellish Quart https://historylab.es/hellish-quart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hellish-quart Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:22 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/hellish-quart/ Physics-based video game that realistically recreates 17th century weapons, armour and combat techniques

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]]> Hellish Quart proposes an innovative system based on fencing duels. Based on period weapons and armour, it uses a complex physics system to realistically recreate the interactions that could take place during these duels. The characters have been recreated using motion capture techniques to also provide the greatest realism during the fights.
Fencing duels employ a variety of weapons and combat styles, optimised for sabres, rapiers, swords and more, with the ability to use wooden weapons if the player prefers. During the duels, based on fencing duels, it is as important to attack the opponent’s flanks at the right moment as it is to keep an active guard against the opponent’s attack, and it is won with strategy, wit and reflexes.
Historically the game takes place in the 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with the character models made by 3D scanning of clothing showing different costumes rooted in each region visited.

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