| Kellerthaler, J. (b. about
1550), engraving by, 231
Kenilworth Castle, war
engines used at siege of, 207
King of the Crossbowmen, how decided,. 227
; royal, and others, 227 sqq
Kissingen, slowness of shooting at battle
of, (1636) , 39
Konigschuss , reward for making, 233
; Saxon royal family and, 233
Lateran Council, the second (1139), interdiction
of crossbow by, 3
Leberthais, C. author of a book on
ancient
tapestries of Rheims (1843), illustration from, 124
Le Blanc, Vincent
, author of a book of travels (1649) quoted,
263
Le Breton, Guillaume
(1170-1230), historian, cited, 46
Legendre, Eugene,
picture by, 226
Lever, of Belgian
crossbow dimensions, 215, 216
; how used, 216, 218
Liege : bows made at, 103
; crossbowmen of, 124
Lincoln, composition of forces at battle
of (1217), 46
Lipsius, Justus
(1547-1606), historian, 255
Littre, Emile
(1801-1881), quoted, 131n.
Lochiel, Cameron
of, bowmen used by in 1665, 35
Lock of a crossbow, the, 69
; shape and manner of fixing, 99, 100
; improved, for sporting crossbow, 169
sqq ; of bullet shooting crossbow, 195
sqq ; Continental, 201
; Belgian, 210sqq
Longbow compared with crossbow, 7,
9
; range of, 9, 22
; arrow of ancient, 21 n..; feats of shooting
with , 23, 24 ; proverb
derived from, 25 ; experiment with, 30 ; popularity
of in England, 32 ; compared
with handgun, 34 and n., 39
; delight of foreigners at disappearance of, 35
; generally discarded, 35 used by French in
hunting,
36
Lonicerus, P.author of a book on heraldry
(1579), illustrations from, 47
Louis VI. , le Gros
, (1108- 1137), use of crossbow during reign
of, 47 n.
Louis IX., at battle
of Taillebourg (1242), 46 ; and war
engines of Saracens , 314
Louis XI, of France (1461-1483) , and helmets
of crossbowmen, 94
Lucca, siege of
(1431), handguns used at, 38
MacDonald of Keppoch,
bowmen used by in 1688, 35n.
Macintosh, Laird of,
bowmen used by in 1688, 35 n.
Macintosh, The, invasion
of Lochaber by in 1688, 35n.
Maelson, Francois,
gift to crossbowmen by, 222
Mantegna, Italian
painter, 44
Marcellus, Roman
general, and siege of Syracuse (214.-212
B.C.), 265 sqq
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Marignano, crossbowmen at battle
of (1515), 48, 134
Marseilles, incident at siege
of (B.C. 49), 270
Marshall, John (1539) letter to Earl
of Essex quoted, 33
Mason, Richard Oswald,
book by, referred to, 35 ; Master
of the Crossbowmen, 48
Maximilian, Prince
Bishop, and Old Crossbowmen, 224
Melville, General
(1723-1809), at siege of Gilbraltar, 264
Mexico, siege of
(1521) : crossbowmen at, 48 ; war
engine used at, 263
Meyrick, Sir S. R. (1782-1848), author of
a book on armour (1842), quoted, 9n,,
45
Mezeray, Francois
E. de (1610-1683), historian, 255 cited,
278
Michel, F., published the memoirs of Jean
Sire de Joinville, 314 n.
Milan, Duke of,
defeat by Francis I (1515), 48
Military crossbow, introduction of, 3
;. interdiction of,. 3, 33,
34
; use of by Genoese,
4
sqq ; construction, 5,
6
; experiments with string of , 5,
14;
comparison of, with longbow,
9
; utility of, 10 ; range of, 14,
20,
21
; weight and dimensions, 15 ; Bolts
for use with, 16 sqq ; tests with various, 21
; Act against possession of, repealed, 33; mode
of using, 37 ; supersession of, by handgun,
38,
137
; used by
Romans,
43
; by Normans,
44,
45,
57,
62 ; on the Continent,
47,
48 ; primitive,
57, sqq ; with composite
bow, 62 sqq ; the stock,
92
sqq ; revolving nut and its socket, 95
sqq ; trigger,
98,
99
; lock99 ,100 ;
the steel bow, , 101,
102 ; bow irons,
103 ; stirrup,
104
; groove for bolt,
108,
109
; bow string,
110
sqq ; windlass,
121
sqq
Mistletoe Bough, legend of, 52
Mondragon, quality of steel bows from, 12
Monstrelet (1390 - 1453), historian, quoted
114
Montaigne, Michel
de (1533-1592), French moralist and essayist, cited, 34
; quoted, 39
Montrose, longbow used by at Tippermuir
(1644), 35
Morat, handguns
used at battle of (1476), 38,
41
Mortagne, war engines
used at siege of (1340), 277,
278
Muratori, L. A. (1672 - 1750), historian cited,
4,
314
Nangis, William of
(fl.13th cent.), historian, cited, 4
Napoloen III. ; book on siege
engines compiled by order of 255, 257
; trebuchet of, 311
Neade, William,
cited 35n.
Nomenclature of crossbow, 2
Normandy, John Duke
of, siege engines used by, 269
Nuremberg , siege
crossbow from, description and tests of, 14,
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