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Assorted References

major reference
- In military technology: The crossbow
development of arrows
- In bow and arrow
history of weapon systems
- In military technology: Mechanical artillery
- In tactics: Bowmen and pikemen
use in medieval Italy
- In Italy: Famine, war, and plague (1340–80)

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Warfare History Network - The Medieval Crossbow: Redefining War in the Middle Ages.	Grace Young	Sep 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Washington - Crossbows.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 25, 2024
	Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Not a Shot in the Dark: How Crossbows Changed War in Ancient China.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 10, 2023
	Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - The Medieval Crossbow: Redefining War in the Middle Ages.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 29, 2022
	Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Crossbows.	Aakanksha Gaur	Sep 28, 2022
	Corrected cross-reference to Lateran Council.	Amy Tikkanen	May 17, 2021
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Augustyn	Aug 15, 2019
	Add new Web site: History of Archery - History of Crossbows- Medieval Crossbow.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 12, 2019
	Add new Web site: Ancient History Encyclopedia - Crossbows in Ancient Chinese Warfare.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 12, 2019
	Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - How to Make Crossbow.	Grace Young	Jun 14, 2013
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Crossbows Work'.	Shiveta Singh	Dec 26, 2008
	Added new Web site: The Santharian Dream - The Crossbow.	Shweta Gupta	Oct 11, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Beckoning - The Crossbow in the Medieval Period.	Shweta Gupta	Oct 11, 2007
	Added new Web site: Middle Ages for Kids - Crossbow.	Shweta Gupta	Oct 11, 2007
	Added new Web site: Castles - Medieval Crossbow.	Shweta Gupta	Oct 11, 2007
	Article revised and updated.	William L. Hosch	Aug 23, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998